Mr. Sokol and the other MidAmerican managers proved to be tough bargainers. Mr.

索科尔和中美公司的其他管理者被证明是谈判高手。

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Billionaire US investor Warren Buffett's company MidAmerican Energy, holds a 9.9% stake in BYD.

亿万富翁巴菲特的中美能源在比亚迪持有9.9%的股票。

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MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a unit of Mr Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, bought a 10 per cent stake in BYD last September.

去年9月，巴菲特通过伯克希尔-哈撒韦(Berkshire Hathaway)旗下的中美能源控股(MidAmerican Energy Holdings)购买了比亚迪10%的股份。

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But Mr. Sokol and other MidAmerican managers drove a hard bargain, rejecting the offer.

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Burlington is a rail road and MidAmerican owns a utility that relies heavily on coal.

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MidAmerican Energy also owns the 550-megawatt Topaz Solar Farms built by First Solar in San Luis County, Calif.

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