An astounding deal went down in the energy sector on Wednesday – astoundingly bad, according to Jim Cramer.
On Wednesday, one of the world's largest miners, Freeport McMoRan, made a massive bet on oil and gas to the tune of $9 billion through its acquisition of not one but two companies – Plains Exploration and McMoRan Exploration.
According to a New York Times report, the two transactions will create a natural resources titan worth about $60 billion, including debt, and will formally reunite Freeport with McMoRan, the oil exploration company it spun off in 1994.
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