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Re: Berkshire-Hathaway buys BNSF Railway
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 11-03-2009 - 19:16
Richard Elgenson Wrote:
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> For those of you with an actual interest in the
> business news, Nightly Business Report, a PBS show
> based in Miami, led their 1/2 hour broadcast
> tonight by dedicating the first 10 minutes to this
> deal. One of the anchors interviewed Matt Rose by
> phone and repeatedly asked him if he would
> consider taking over Berkshire-Hathaway when
> Buffet retires. He stated twice that he is
> "focused on running BNSF." During the interview,
> they show some BNSF corporate video. You can
> watch it by going to Nightly Business Report and
> click on program. After today, you can watch past
> shows from their archive. Also, I had noticed
> several weeks ago, BNSF is a corporate sponsor of
> the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Their is a brief
> "ad" at the beginning and end of the show.
Yes, and at tonite's broadcast of the Lehrer report Jim L made sure to state that BNSF was a sponsor of the show. On the Nightly Biz Report, I also noticed how carefully Rose sidestepped the questions as to whether Buffet was anointing him as his successor. :-)
C.
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> For those of you with an actual interest in the
> business news, Nightly Business Report, a PBS show
> based in Miami, led their 1/2 hour broadcast
> tonight by dedicating the first 10 minutes to this
> deal. One of the anchors interviewed Matt Rose by
> phone and repeatedly asked him if he would
> consider taking over Berkshire-Hathaway when
> Buffet retires. He stated twice that he is
> "focused on running BNSF." During the interview,
> they show some BNSF corporate video. You can
> watch it by going to Nightly Business Report and
> click on program. After today, you can watch past
> shows from their archive. Also, I had noticed
> several weeks ago, BNSF is a corporate sponsor of
> the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Their is a brief
> "ad" at the beginning and end of the show.
Yes, and at tonite's broadcast of the Lehrer report Jim L made sure to state that BNSF was a sponsor of the show. On the Nightly Biz Report, I also noticed how carefully Rose sidestepped the questions as to whether Buffet was anointing him as his successor. :-)
C.
