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To: richardred who wrote (1568)	2/26/2007 1:09:39 PM
From: richardred	Respond to of 7263

One also has to find curious. The Alcoa buyout rumor was started in a British Newspaper. Denied by Alcoa gold.seekingalpha.com Dow Chemical Surges on Buyout Rumor Monday February 26, 12:14 pm ET Shares of Dow Chemical Surge to 52-Week High After Tabloid Reports $54B Buyout Rumor NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Dow Chemical Co. rose to a new 52-week high Monday after a British tabloid reported the chemicals maker may be on the verge of selling itself to a group of private equity investors for $54 billion. The tabloid, the Daily Express, reported private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, are considering a $60-per-share offer for Dow Chemical. With $49.12 billion in sales last year, Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical makes about 3,500 chemicals and plastics used to manufacture a wide range of products including cars, electronics, food and appliances. Dow Chemical's market value as of Friday's close was $41.25 billion. The reported offer represents a 38.1 percent premium to Dow Chemical's stock, based on Friday's closing price. Buckingham Research analyst John E. Roberts wrote in a research report the Daily Express doesn't normally break acquisition stories and he considers the source less reliable than other publications. He even suggested the newspaper may have confused Dow Chemical with TXU Corp., which agreed to sell itself to private equity investors for $32 billion. Roberts said Dow Chemical would be a difficult company to break up. It's tightly integrated, he said, and is run by young executives he believes are committed to the company's strategy. Shares of Dow Chemical rose $2.21, or 5.1 percent, to $45.66 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier, shares traded as high as $47.26, eclipsing a previous 52-week high of $44.20. biz.yahoo.com