Phelps expects firm metals prices to help repay acquisition debt

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Phelps Dodge Corp. of the United States is to acquire Inco Ltd. of Canada and Falconbridge Ltd. also of Canada for $35.4 billion. The American metals industrial plans to pay down $22 billion in debt from the acquisition aided by firm metals prices. Phelps Dodge Corp. share price fell 8.1 percent as investors questioned the security of the company taking on such a great amount of debt.

Acquisitions & mergers, PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Metal industries, Inco Ltd., Phelps Dodge Corp., N, Metal industry, Falconbridge Ltd.

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With its BlackBerry a big hit, RIM is squeezed by all comers

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Research in Motion Ltd. the maker of Blackberry wireless e-mail devices is facing stiff market share competition from other wireless telecommunications equipment companies, particularly Microsoft Corp. Blackberry e-mail servers are owned by 42,000 organizations and 2.5 million people own the Blackberry wireless e-mail device.

Market share, Management dynamics, Capital funds & cash flow, Management, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Valuation, Research in Motion Ltd., Company Profile, Company business management, Company market share, Wireless telecommunications equipment, Wireless communications equipment, Lazaridis, Mike

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