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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company - Analyst/Investor DayTue, Dec 13, 2011
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EI DuPont CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Oct 26, 2010 • 1 Comment
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EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Jul 27, 2010 • 3 Comments
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Q1 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Apr 28, 2010 • 4 Comments
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Jan 26, 2010 • 2 Comments
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Oct 20, 2009 • 8 Comments
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours Q2 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Jul 21, 2009 • 7 Comments
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Company Description
DuPont was founded in 1802 and was incorporated in Delaware in 1915. DuPont is a world leader in science and innovation across a range of disciplines, including agriculture and industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science and manufacturing. The company operates globally and... More
Sector: Conglomerates
Country: United States
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- Tuesday, January 29, 3:43 PM DuPont (DD -0.4%) is putting its cyanide business on the block and has hired Morgan Stanley to advise on a potential sale, Reuters reports. The unit, which sells the chemical for use in gold mining, could be worth more than $700M. DD is under pressure to focus more on its food and ag products; it sold its performance coatings unit last August to Carlyle Group for $4.9B. Comment! [Commodities, M&A]
- Thursday, August 30, 2012, 7:47 AM Carlyle Group (CG) acquires DuPont Performance Coatings from DuPont (DD) for $4.9B in an acquisition that is expected to close in Q1. The deal ends various rounds of bidding that lasted for most of the summer. 1 Comment [M&A]
- Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 8:59 AM Syngenta (SYT) agrees to pay DuPont (DD) $125M to buy the latter's professional products insecticide business, which includes the Advion and Acelepryn brands, and other intellectual property. Syngenta says the deal will help it increase its profitability in the lawn and garden markets. (PR) Comment! [M&A]
- Monday, August 6, 2012, 8:44 AM The Carlyle Group (CG) is close to sealing a nearly $5B buyout of DuPont’s (DD) auto paint business, NY Post reports. The deal, said to be at ~8x EBIT, would leave bids by Apollo Global (APO), Blackstone (BX) and KKR in its wake. Comment! [Commodities, M&A]
- Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 3:27 PM DuPont (DD -2%) has received three final bids for its car paint unit, Reuters reports, as its auction of the ~$3.5B business enters its final leg. Carlyle Group (CG), Apollo Global (APO) and a consortium of KKR and Onex reportedly submitted final bids; a pairing of Blackstone (BX) and Bain Capital, previously part of the process, dropped out. Comment! [Commodities, M&A]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 1:13 PM
DuPont (DD) has narrowed down the list of bidders for its car paint unit, which could fetch up to 4B, to four suitors, Reuters reports. They are: the consortium comprising Blackstone (BX) and Bain; that made up of KKR (KKR) and Onex; Carlyle (CG), and Apollo (APO).
1 Comment [M&A] - Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 9:17 AM DuPont (DD) acquires from Bunge (BG) full ownership of the Solae joint venture, a world leader in developing soy-based ingredients for nutritious food products, for $440M. DuPont previously owned 72% of the JV, while Bunge owned the remaining 28%. Comment! [Consumer, M&A]
- Thursday, March 1, 2012, 8:07 AM Air Products (APD) agrees to acquire all of DuPont's (DD) interest in a joint venture the two companies own together. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Comment! [M&A]
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 2:15 PM Valspar (VAL +4.7%) shares hit an all-time high after the paint maker raises its 2012 profit forecast and says it will continue to hike prices to offset rising raw materials costs. CEO Gary Hendrickson also rules the company out of bidding for the $3B coatings business DuPont (DD -2%) is looking to sell. Comment! [On the Move, M&A]
- Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:31 PM DuPont (DD) has hired Credit Suisse and Greenhill to find buyers for separate parts of its auto paint division, claims Bloomberg. The division, worth an estimated $3B-$4B, accounted for 12% of DuPont's 2011 sales, and 5% of its operating income. The division's 7% operating margin was the lowest of DuPont's six units. Comment! [M&A]
- Monday, December 12, 2011, 8:41 AM KKR, Bain Capital, TPG Capital and Onex are among buyout firms preparing to participate in the ~$4B auction for the DuPont (DD) unit that makes automotive finishes and industrial coatings, Reuters reports. Friday's profit warning is not expected to impact the sale, as other issues such as efficiencies would be the main drivers. DD -1.9% premarket. Comment! [M&A]
- Friday, October 28, 2011, 2:33 PM The rumor indicating DuPont (DD +0.5%) is considering selling its auto paint division gains some legs. Bloomberg reports Credit Suisse has been hired to shop around the Performance Coatings division, while Greenhill will sell a small power coatings unit. Potential buyers: PPG, BASFY.PL, AKZOY.PK. Comment! [M&A]
- Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7:46 AM DuPont (DD) looks to sell a polyester-film JV among other interests it owns in ventures, as the company steers towards faster-growing products such as food enzymes and biofuels. Ticonderoga Securities analyst Mark Gulley says the company has made very few divestitures since Ellen Kullman became CEO. "This is probably overdue." Comment! [M&A]
- Monday, July 25, 2011, 3:38 PM DuPont (DD) is acquiring Innovalight, a startup whose silicon ink technology can boost the efficiency of solar cells, and which has partnerships with JA Solar (JASO) and Yingli Green Energy (YGE). DuPont claims its solar-related revenue surpassed $1B in 2010, and is looking to grow that figure to $2B by 2014. (PR) Comment! [Energy, M&A, Tech]
- Monday, May 16, 2011, 7:05 AM DuPont (DD) finally succeeds in its pursuit of Danisco (DNSCY.PK), saying this morning that approximately 92.2% of Danisco's outstanding shares had been tendered as of the May 13 deadline. (PR) Comment! [M&A]
- Monday, May 9, 2011, 7:27 AM Danisco (DNSCY.PK) says its largest shareholder, Elliott International, has raised its stake to more than 10%. The move could jeopardize DuPont's (DD) $6.64B acquisition bid for the Danish firm, which Danisco's board backed last week. Comment! [M&A]
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Chines33: Yes typically. It all depends on situation. Price, company, news, overall market. Lot of variables.
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wheelz23: i was swing trading, but have been day trading...it seems like swing trading is less work, more money for the stocks i was trading...thanks
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$ARR $SJR and $ED are next monday's best yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/gV7E - 26 shares with 4.7% average yield $TGT $DD - View all 0 replies
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$T $INTC $VZ are the best yielding dogs of the dow jones -- http://stks.co/jT3S - 10 shares with 3.53% average yield $DD $CSCO $GE $PFE - View all 0 replies
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Jim Van Meerten
$DD - 96% Barchart technical buy signal - 15 new highs and up 6.07% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 69.38% - View all 0 replies
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$ARR $PBI and $GEO are tomorrow's best yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/aKgZ - I like $LLY $DD $CVX and $WAG - View all 0 replies
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Chines33: Yes typically. It all depends on situation. Price, company, news, overall market. Lot of variables.
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wheelz23: i was swing trading, but have been day trading...it seems like swing trading is less work, more money for the stocks i was trading...thanks
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Scott Matusow
I've been buying a lot of $BMPI lately. hear good things, I like it, very risky, but worth it for me. do the DD. - View all 11 replies
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xtian123: Ok. Now that bieber is signed, are you still positive about this stock and believe in its success?
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xtian123: Do you still like this stock and you think it has a good chance at seeing some returns?
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Energysystems
DD near where I sold out in 2010. If we get a meaningful pullback it should test Oct '11 lows. - View all 2 replies
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Energysystems: Yeah, I'd bought it back at 25, sold out at 45. Missed some on the top end but can't knock that gain either. imo a corporate bondish stock
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$FIO is getting hit for one reason - $MLNX. Do your DD, but I believe these are both super bubbly tech stocks. - View all 4 replies
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John Rayhall: Ya LYB was on fire this year. I should have held mine a little longer. PPO being BO by DD is def an interesting idea.
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Scott Matusow
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Mercy Jimenez
OAS DOWNGRADED today by Raymond James http://bit.ly/MmBlxb AND UPGRADED by UBS http://reut.rs/MmBkta -- do your own DD! - View all 5 replies
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Scott Matusow
Retweet it, use social media, but dont "pump" $ATRS, just make the case the ask people to DD it hard! - View all 3 replies
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Scott Matusow
Feature article on $ANIK coming out about 10 minutes before market open. DD it ahead of time, sells for over $13 a share - View all 2 replies
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Roy Manning III: I was working on an article on ANIK but you got there first. Your articles are always good too. Good Luck. -
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John Rayhall: Ya KORS could get hit short term I believe that they will blow out earnings again guess we'll see
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