Reuters - Phelps Dodge Corp. may raise the cash portion of its bid for Inco Ltd by possibly injecting more than $5.96 billion (C$6.75 billion) into its cash-and-stock offer for the Canadian nickel miner, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Reuters - Copper miner Phelps Dodge Corp.'s shares gained on Monday as its role in a month-long takeover attempt of Canada's Inco Ltd. took another turn and analysts speculated that Phelps is itself now a target.

Reuters - What do California Pizza Kitchen, Phelps Dodge and Wells Fargo & Co. all have in common? Like many other publicly traded companies, they are busy buying back their own shares.

Reuters - Phelps Dodge Corp. raised its bid for Inco Ltd. on Sunday and Inco raised its offer for Falconbridge Ltd. , as the companies battled to protect their proposed US$41 billion three-way merger and create the biggest mining company in North America.

Reuters - All eyes are back on Phelps Dodge in a complicated intercontinental bidding war over two Canadian nickel miners.