Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of inTEST Corp. (NASDAQ: INTT), MercadoLibre Inc. (NASDAQ: MELI), Monolithic…
The Canadian government has rejected an attempt by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) to buy fertilizer company Potash (NYSE: POT). BHP has 30 days to try to change the government’s mind. That is…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Federal Reserve took a risky step that will involve the purchase of $600 billion in securities. (Reuters) Nations in Asia and Latin America said they would alter policy to combat dollar inflows…
The Canadian government blocked BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) $39 billion takeover of Potash (NYSE: POT), which is based in Saskatchewan The move will likely severely damage Canada’s reputation as an open capital market.…
Douglas A. McIntyre The fight over winning a Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is heating up. Whether BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) can ultimately win backing of the merger at its current price from…
Jon C. Ogg China’s PMI grew much faster than expected. (Reuters) China will not slow rare earth shipments. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued Motorola (NYSE: MOT) over six patents. (Reuters) New search engine Bleeko will…
Updated throughout the day. Obama may urge $50 billion in new businees invesment. (Bloomberg) BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) may withdraw its bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) (various) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre Some of the recent acquisitions by one public company or another have given shareholders huge windfalls. 3Par was sold at an extraordinary valuation after a bidding war between Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and…
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is a company we feared would not really trade around its earnings and guidance. The real news is still its pending offer from BHP Billiton plc…
Jon C. Ogg Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) CEO Benmosche has cancer. (Reuters) Ford Motor (NYSE: Â F) may post record profits. (Reuters) William Dudley of the New York Fed said the central bank could…
Reuters: Â The US will push a trade and foreign exchange agenda at the G20 meeting. Reuters: Â Fed officials are still not in agreement about quantitative easing. Reuters: Â American International…
Practically from the time of the announcement by BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) that it was offering $38.6 billion to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT), the provincial government of…
Reuters:  Wall St. was disappointed by Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue forecast. Reuters:  French police unblocked the fuel deposites held by strikers against auterity. Reuters:  The CEO of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)…
Time has run out for Potash (NYSE: POT) to find an alternative to the bid made for it by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). The deadline for the $39 billion offer is November…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:  Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) killed a $116 billion joint iron ore venture. Reuters:  The People’s Daily said the rise in the yuan will not last long.…
