Warren Buffett News: Explosive Risk & Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)

1 Explosive Risk Warren Buffett Should Be Worried About (Fool)
Crude oil shipments by railroad have grown by a staggering 28,000% over the past five years. That growth has been a great profit driver for railway companies, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) which controls Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (NYSE:BNI). Those profits, however, could be at risk in light of the tragic railway disaster in Canada which involved crude oil being shipped by train. …The fact remains that we’ve seen an increase in incidents by rail this year. This past March, a Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE:CP) train hauling crude oil derailed and spilled about 30,000 gallons of crude oil in Minnesota.

Mexican President Peña Nieto Meets Billionaires Bill Gates And Warren Buffett In Sun Valley (Forbes)
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met Thursday with the world’s richest man,  Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) cofounder Bill Gates, and with fellow billionaire Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) CEO Warren Buffett, to discuss opportunities for investing in Mexico. The meeting took place July 11 during the Allen & Co. annual conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. Neither side elaborated on the content of the conversation. The resort is hosting corporate leaders for the 31st annual media and technology conference, where some of the wealthiest and most powerful executives in media, finance, politics and technology gather for a week-long meeting.

Warren Buffett & Brad Pitt Working Main Street (2Paragraphs)
Small town mayors all over the country have been busy seeking votes — not for re-election but to win Benjamin Moore’s “Main Street Matters” contest. Benjamin Moore & Co. (owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)) just announced the winners: 20 North American towns will each receive a free fresh paint job for their respective downtowns. As a major corporate sponsor of actor Brad Pitt’s charitable organization Make It Right, which builds green homes for communities in need, Benjamin Moore was able to get Pitt as the “Main Street Matters” campaign spokesperson. Inspired by peeling paint and the video with Pitt’s voiceover, small business owners, college students, mayors and lots of other folks got on board (and online) to urge people to vote for their hometowns.