PD bought N today, and there's a site http://phelpsdodgeinco.com/ for the new company, and the domain was registered June 12! I wonder if anybody looks at newly-created domain names every day and tries to figure out if a merger is in the works.
The "whois" command on Unix tells you the registration info for a domain. Domain Name: PHELPSDODGEINCO.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Technology, Information d98n73385tt@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com CSV ATTN: PHELPSDODGEINCO.COM c/o Network Solutions P.O. Box 447 Herndon, VA 20172-0447 570-708-8780 Record expires on 12-Jun-2007. Record created on 12-Jun-2006.