A combination of Monsanto Co. and Syngenta AG would set the stage for even more mergers and acquisitions.
Monsanto has approached Syngenta about a takeover that would create a giant in the market for seeds and crop chemicals with more than $30 billion in revenue. Getting a deal approved by regulators won’t be easy — and may not happen at all. To address antitrust issues and help its case, Monsanto has planned for a deal to include a sale of parts of the combined business, a person familiar with the matter has said.
The biggest concerns may be tied to what would be an unprecedented market share in soybeans and corn seeds for the combined company. Syngenta’s operations in those areas would appeal to a range of buyers from Dow Chemical Co. to BASF SE and Bayer AG, said Colin Isaac of Atlantic Equities LLP. Even private-equity firms could look.
Syngenta’s “seed businesses would be pretty easy to sell for good multiples,” Isaac, a London-based analyst, said in a phone interview. “People are always looking to buy share.” On Monday, Syngenta shares gained the most since 2008 in Zurich trading amid the takeover speculation.
DuPont Co. could also be a buyer of any assets that are divested, said Bill Selesky, an analyst at Argus Research Co.
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Monsanto!
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Remember the General Electric carousel at Disneyland, which was replaced by Monsanto’s Adventure Thru Inner Space?
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I was only at Disneyland so long ago that neither were there.
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Yup, scarey all right.
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@ Swilly’s having walked down to the Old European but it was closed. So another 35 minutes on the sticks.
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But 13 minutes to Sloan. That’s 48 minutes for today and a grand total of 260 minutes for the week.
Feeling more fit each and every week.
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Send a letter to help kill coal:
https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=B89553E08527BC848F10511679538656.app234a?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=15840&autologin=true&s_
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Passenger train that used to go between Lewiston and Spokane via Pullman looked like this:
http://www.bigbendrailroadhistory.com/2015/05/np-motor-car-at-coulee-city.html
and indeed it might have been the B-18.
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The Mon-Road Railroad
http://burningjournal.activeboard.com/t50235915/the-mon-road-railroadof-course-you-never-heard-of-it/
engine #2 is on display here in Pullman together with a caboose and 3 old passenger cars.
I’ll try to remember to take some photos.
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Last exit.
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Cool stuff Doc!
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