It was probably only a matter of time before China’s state-owned chemical company Sinochem walked away from trying to raise enough money to make an offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Ltd.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Higher ethanol, potash demand, ag-super-mergers, surging food prices… and now an ETF crossing the $2 billion in assets mark. You have to ask if a bubble is being formed in agriculture. Today…
Earnings season is just getting underway and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 11,000 on Friday. There are many stocks to watch outside of earnings this week. The cast of characters in…
Reuters:Â Â The federal government will supply states with $1.5 billion in funds for small businesses. Reuters:Â Â Financial leaders around the world have begun to work to stop a currency war. Reuters:Â Â Japan…
Updated throughout the day. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) will kill an iron ore joint venture. (Sydney Morning Herald) Liverpool F.C. has agreed to sell itself to New…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:Â Â Bank of Japan moved rates to zero Reuters:Â Â September retail sales were probably up due to promotions. Reuters:Â Â Obama said the fiscal situation was untenable. Reuters:Â Â Twitter appointed a new CEO.…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has just reported strong earnings growth and frankly it helps to highlight just why BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) is willing to pay so much to acquire…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:  Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters:  A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial…
Reuters:  China said legislation aimed at a devaluation of the yuan violated WTO regulations. Reuters: IPOs do poorly in the People’s Republic now but can raise money from overseas investors. Reuters:  The…
The president of PAR, which owns 7.7% of the shares in Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTR), told The Wall Street Journal that his fund will vote against a Hertz offer to buy the…
Reuters: Petrobras raised $70 billion in the largest stock offer in history. Reuters:Â Â There will likely be no tax cut before the election, according to Democrats Reuters:Â Â Obama asked the Chinese premier…
Reuters:Â Â The Chinese premier said he would not succumb to pressure from the US on the value of the yuan. Reuters:Â Â An SEC watchdog said the timing of the charges against Goldman…
MarketWatch:Â Â The Chinese let the yuan rise perhaps because of pressure from the US. Reuters:Â Â The BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) may go into 2011 as the Australian…
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) should have take the offer of BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) to buy it. Potash stock may never see the offer level again. BHP said it “has…
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