Pretty soon, Potash (NYSE: POT) stock and Agrium (NYSE: AGU) stock could be one and the same. That’s according to an article just out on Bloomberg yesterday, which reports that fertilizer producer Potash of Saskatchewan is in talks with Agrium about doing “a merger of equals.” According to Bloomberg, such a combination would create a… Read More »
By Brent Kendall and Jacob Bunge The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Deere & Co.’s planned acquisition of a high-tech farming equipment line from Monsanto Co., saying the deal would suppress competition for technology that allows farmers to plant crops at higher speeds. At issue is a deal from last… Read More »
(RTTNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Deere & Company’s ( DE ) proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company ( MON ) in order to preserve competition in the market for high-speed precision planting systems in the United States. The Antitrust… Read More »