Company News for December 21, 2010 - Corporate Summary

• Toronto-Dominion TD announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion

• Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences MATK for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share

• Alpha Natural Resources ANR has shown interest for Massey Energy MEE

• According to the WSJ, Wal-Mart WMT has started giving customers $50 gift cards to purchasers of Apple's AAPL iPhone 4s

• Jefferies JEF initiated coverage of Newell Rubbermaid NWL at "hold," with a price target of $20

• Macquarie initiated coverage for  Amazon.com AMZN at "outperform" rating, and eBay EBAY at "neutral" rating

• Goldman Sachs GS maintained a "buy" rating for Boeing BA with a target price of $85

• ConAgra CAG reported fiscal second quarter earnings at $0.45, matching Zacks Consensus Estimate and revenues of $3.16 billion, slightly above Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.157 billion

• CarMax KMX reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings of $0.36, ahead of Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.34, on revenues of $2.12 billion, ahead of Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.965 billion

• The SEC is planning to investigating Mark Hurd's departure from Hewlett-Packard HPQ