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The start of a very odd week

December 1, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
The headlines may make you believe we are back to business as usual. But this market is far from normal. Citgroup (NYSE:C) is buying a road builder. Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) was upgraded. Sumner Redstone is selling and Johnson and Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is buying. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews Baltimore – (TFN): Take a look at the front page [...]

China’s Coal Cos. Spark U.S. M&A Boom

July 22, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
“In the next 12 months there will be an unprecedented amount of both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. U.S. reserves are undervalued relative to those in the rest of the world.” — Wilbur Ross, International Coal Group chairman by Jason Simpkins Baltimore — (TFN): The recent buyout of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR) by Cleveland [...]

Resources Supercycle: The consolidation trend continues

December 6, 2007 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
"Commodities, which have surged with the help of the freshly minted Chinese economy, are reaching the end of their boom as the larger mining companies start squabbling over their smaller competitors." — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): British coal miner New Hope Corporation and multinational commodities corporation Xstrata are wrestling over Australian colliery Resource [...]