http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home

"Takeovers yesterday helped stocks advance and give the market its best start to May in 17 years. Alcoa Inc.'s $26.9 billion unsolicited offer for Alcan Inc. spurred the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its 24th gain in 27 days -- the longest stretch since 1927 -- and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to within 1.2 percent of its 2000 peak. "

It's just a damn shame about the dollar that it's priced in.

this isnt going to end happy - there will be many more threads on the SM in the next few weeks methinks