• Shares of Intersil Corporation ( ISIL ) jumped 19.8% after the company agreed to be acquired by Japan’s Renesas Electronics for $ 3 billion • Syngenta AG’s ( SYT ) shares climbed 10.4% after the $ 43 billion takeover of the company by ChemChina was approved by a U.S. national security panel • Shares… Read More »

By Wall Street Breakfast : HP’s shares were-5.7% premarket after the company gave a soft outlook and following weak FQ3 sales of printers, the most profitable part of its business. However, overall earnings in the quarter topped expectations even though revenue dropped 4% to $ 11.89B; adjusted EPS was $ 0.48 and net earnings from… Read More »

The fertilizer industry is still stuck in a rut and remains buffeted by a slew of headwinds including low prices of nutrients and depressed farm income. These factors continue to weigh on the performance of the companies in the space as witnessed in the first half of 2016. While long-term fundamental for the fertilizer industry… Read More »