Reuters Share Discussion Threads

[miata] 08/5/2007 15:06

Credit Suisse analyst Simon Baker, who cut his recommendation to neutral from outperform, said there is a 60 percent chance the transaction will succeed.

We would expect close U.S. and EC (European Commission) regulatory scrutiny, Credit Suisse analysts said in a note.

[psps] 08/5/2007 14:55

Falling towards 600p................hhhhhmmmmmmm
uncertain times then

[maiseymouse] 08/5/2007 12:18

the massed intellect of deutsche and credit suisse have given it the once over

[psps] 08/5/2007 11:41

Price not holding as well as i thought.
Is it poss that the bid wont go through. ??????????????

[psps] 08/5/2007 10:34

Yes its no point buying these at current level.
Rueters board wants the merger.
Its a done deal.( WELL ALMOST)

[carer] 08/5/2007 10:04

It is almost a done thing from the press announcement.

[jules64] 08/5/2007 09:51

The brave or should I say the clever ones will be adding even at this price! Money for old rope as they say!!!

[psps] 08/5/2007 08:28

Also there is little chance of a counter bid
hence the price of 645/646p

[miata] 08/5/2007 08:22

Risk.

That it may not happen, that the Thomson share price may fall further etc.

10% discount for risk is reasonable - ie will probably go ahead.

[psps] 08/5/2007 08:22

Loks like the market is not hopeful of an agreed bid at 710p hence the lower price in the market

Its carzzzzzzzzzzzy man

[m5artin] 08/5/2007 08:20

If they're valued at £7 then why can you buy then for 646p?

[maiseymouse] 08/5/2007 07:00

perverse really, but Lehaman has downgraded

[jules64] 08/5/2007 06:42

And here's another one for the purists, anything between £7.00 to £7.50.



This article indicates RTRS could for looking for 750p but other press reports suggest that a bid by Thomson Financial in the 650p to 700p could succeed. It is anticipated that the RTRS Founders will not block the bid if, as seems likely, the editorial independence of RTRS is ensured. General view is that the two companies are an ideal fit both in terms of businesses and geography, enabling them to compete better with Bloomberg. Thomson will generate some funding by sale of their educational publishing business.

So all in all, worth holding and awaiting developments given very favourable press comment.

by courtesy of RAC from other bb.

[jules64] 08/5/2007 03:36

Nice posts yesterday.

[sajad37] 07/5/2007 08:50

bloomberg say bid is $17.5 billion dollars, how much is this per share????

[thomas11] 07/5/2007 08:46

This is all good news - how can we exploit this - since the market will open at 700p tomorrow morining ??