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The details behind Berkshire’s deal for Burlington…

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Last month, when Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) announced its plans to buy Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNI), several stories, including this one hinted at how quickly the deal came together. If memory serves, one story that I can’t seem to find said the deal came together in just 10 days — which seems like some sort [...]

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SEC tells WaPo to do better job explaining its comp…

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Today’s one of those weird holidays where the markets are open, but the SEC is closed, which means no new filings today. But on Friday, before they left for the holiday weekend, the SEC released a bevy of comment letters, many of which focus on compensation disclosures in the 2009 crop of proxies. One of [...]

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