The blockbuster deal raises the odds that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which owns the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, will reach a deal with CSX to create a second transcontinental railroad. Union Pacific and BNSF compete in the western U.S., while CSX and Norfolk Southern are the two big Eastern railroads.

Here are some of the stories Wall Street is watching on Tuesday, July 29. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) is trimming more of its stake in VeriSign (VRSN). Shares of Novo Nordisk (NVO) are being pummeled after warning of a slowdown in sales of its weight-loss drug in the US.

Berkshire Hathaway stock has been in a funk since the company’s May 3 annual meeting, when CEO Warren Buffett said he would step down as CEO at the end of the year. That has created an opportuni

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Acquiring CSX would be expensive for Berkshire, but it would still be accretive to its earnings, one analyst calculated.

Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) is considering undertaking a landmark separation of its business by spinning off a substantial part of its grocery division into a new, independently traded entity. The food giant's move follows years of lackluster growth,

On Monday night, the Select Board unanimously approved signing a contract to hire the Berkshire Public Health Alliance until they can find a permanent replacement after former Health Agent Agnes