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BKW Stock Ended Down 4% on THI Merger News – and It'll Come Roaring Back

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

Burger King stock

Update: Burger King (NYSE: BKW) stock finished down 4.32% Tuesday after the company's morning announcement that it will merge with Ontario-based coffee-and-donut chain Tim Hortons Inc. (USA) (NYSE: THI). THI stock closed up 8.47%.

In contrast, when news of merger talks originated on Monday, and shares in both BKW and THI enjoyed significant gains and ended that trading session up 19.51% and 18.91% respectively.

Here’s why BKW stock took a turn and finished in the red Tuesday – and why it’ll come roaring back…

Tax Inversion Deals: Washington Blames Wall Street for Its Mess

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

Democrats and Republicans alike are unhappy about the increasing number of so-called tax inversion deals - a merger between a U.S and a foreign company specifically designed to allow the U.S. company to escape America's high corporate tax rate.

Over the past 10 years about 50 U.S. companies have done it, costing the U.S. billions in lost taxes.

What politicians seem to forget is that their own failure to reform corporate tax law is the root cause of this problem...