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'Dow-DuPont deal could be a historic merger'

5:06 PM ET Wed, 9 Dec 2015

Bill Smith, president at SAM Advisors, says the Dow Chemicals and DuPont merger, once finalized, could unlock enormous value by ending with a three-way spinoff.

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