U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders moved toward safer securities like bonds. See Indications.

Asian markets ended mostly lower Friday as technology shares sagged after their U.S. peers took a beating, while an overnight pullback in commodity prices weighed down resource stocks.

Broker downgrades weigh on shares of some firms despite the broad move higher by the FTSE 100.

CF Industries (CF) is locked in a three-way tug-of-war over its future and the shape of the fertilizer industry hangs in the balance. Okay maybe it’s not that dramatic. But there's a battle of control going on and it could present some trading opportunities.More Deserving Less FulfillingBefore getting to some possible trades let’s run through the story. Back in early October Agrium (AGU) made an unsolicited bid of $98 a share for CF Industries which was trading around $85 a share at the time. Despite the 15% premium CF quickly rejected the offer. A few weeks later it made ...

Most Asian share markets ended slightly lower Tuesday despite a strong performance on Wall Street and broad gains for resource stocks as fatigue set in after recent gains.