 After almost 4.5 years of waiting, Berkshire Hathaway NYSE: BRK.ANYSE: BRK.B CEO Warren Buffett finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition a little over one week ago. With Berkshire Hathaway sitting on an all-time record 137 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of the end of the first quarter, Buffetts company announced a 9.7 billion deal to acquire natural gas transmission and storage assets from Dominion Energy NYSE: D. 