The highlight of 2010 was our acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, a purchase that's working out even better than I expected.

公司2010年最重大的事件是对伯灵顿北圣达菲铁路的收购，这一收购的成功甚至超出了我的预期。

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Recently, Berkshire spent a lot of cash financing its $27 billion dollar acquisition of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI).

最近，伯克希尔公司又花了大量现金用于总值为270亿美元收购伯灵顿北方圣达菲铁路公司的项目。

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment company said it would buy the remaining large chunk of Burlington Northern Santa Fe it does not already own.

巴菲特旗下的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司宣布，将会全面收购北伯林顿铁路公司余下股份。

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On Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company agreed to buy the nation's second-largest railroad, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

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The company sends 90% of its Bakken volumes over rail, most of it on Burlington Northern Santa Fe, owned by Berkshire Hathaway.

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Holdings spread across the funds include Halliburton, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Caterpillar, Kellogg Company, and Harley-Davidson, according to the latest annual report.

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They also present fewer safety risks than the 2008 explosions when Burlington Northern Santa Fe oil cars caught fire in Oklahoma, requiring evacuations.

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