Last month when Huntsman Corp. was put in play, Dealscape
suggested
a future target for Bassell Holdings BV was Lyondell Chemical Co. After losing
Huntsman to rival Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., it seems the Dutch
chemicals giant has decided to follow that suggestion and
agreed
to pay $19 billion for the Houston company. The Bassell-Lyondell merger
marks the second time in two days that Dealscape speculation has turned out to
be true. Yesterday, IHOP Corp.
agreed
to buy family restaurant chain Applebee's International Inc., which
Dealscape also
suggested
as a possible combination. Below is a table of other possible mergers
Dealscape has suggested — admittedly some are long shots:
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