The European Union approved on Monday the proposed merger between The Dow Chemical Company DOW and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company DD . The EU approval came after both Dow and DuPont committed to divest major portions of different businesses. The EU approved the $ 130 billion merger that will see the… Read More »
InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Today I’m bringing you a round of good news … and a round of bad news. The good? So far, this year’s been better than last for dividend hounds (like us) hoping to dodge a nasty payout cut. According to Standard & Poor’s, 85 American… Read More »
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Bank of America Corp. (Symbol: BAC), where a total of 430,605 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 43.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.9% of BAC’s average daily trading volume over the past month of… Read More »