Posts Tagged ‘NWS’

Merger Rumors & Chatter Drives Options (BG, MON, NWS, MWW, NUE, SCHN, CL, AMTD, ETFC)

Originally submitted at 2:00 PM EST…. Despite the markets trading a bit lower today there was a lot of call activity today based on takeover chatter in various sectors, as the bullish move in the markets coupled with a budding M&A market have speculators active.  Early morning action was in Bunge (NYSE: BG), with Monsanto [...]

PRICE/VOLUME SURGE: Yahoo! (YHOO, MSFT, NWS, TWX)

Ok, you have to to be getting just as miserably sick and tired of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as we are.  Yahoo! shares are on the run in pre-market trading on word that Microsoft (reported by WSJ) has spoken with News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) and others [...]