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Wall Street Breakfast

U.S Steel rejects Cleveland-Cliffs offer

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

U.S. Steel (X) explores strategic alternatives after rejecting Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) offer. (00:23) Tesla (TSLA) trims prices of some Model Y versions in China. (01:33) Maui wildfires impact Hawaiian Holdings (HA), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), and Hawaiian Electric (HE). (02:33)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:07.0

Good morning. Today is Monday, August 14th, and I'm your host Julie Morgan.

0:12.0

U.S. Steel has rejected an offer by Cleveland Cliffs.

0:15.5

Tesla is lowering its prices in China,

0:18.4

and we've got stocks to watch as wildfires

0:21.1

continue to devastate Maui.

0:23.4

U.S. Steel said it started a formal review process after rejecting a $7.25 billion cash

0:30.4

and stock takeover offer from Cleveland Cliffs.

0:33.6

According to a statement on Sunday, Cleveland Cliffs said it made an offer to U.S. Steel's

0:38.1

board on July 28th, consisting of $17.50 in cash and 1.03 shares of Cliff's stock.

0:46.5

The offer represents a 43% premium to U.S. Steel's closing price on Friday. The bid was rejected as being unreasonable by

0:55.8

US Steel's board on Sunday. According to a statement US Steel said it began a

1:00.7

review process after receiving multiple offers that range from the

1:04.8

acquisition of certain production assets to proposals for the entire company.

1:09.7

Cleveland Cliff said it remains prepared to engage immediately in substantive discussions

1:15.4

with U.S. Steel to work towards a mutually acceptable definitive agreement and is ready to

1:20.9

commit all necessary resources to finalize documentation.

1:25.2

A combined Cliffs and U.S. Steel is expected to generate synergies of about 500 million dollars.

1:31.9

Tesla has dropped the prices for its model. about $500 million.

1:32.9

Tesla has dropped the prices for its model why long-range and performance

1:37.1

versions in China amid the ongoing electric vehicle price war.

1:41.4

The starting prices for both models were cut by more than

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