Jim Cramer's top 10 anti-competitive merger list

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Cramer tonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY was giving out some merger ideas that he said would be very anti-competitive, just like the XM Satellite Radio Holdings (NASDAQ:XMSR), Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) deal, but would be great for shareholders because of pricing power. The potential of a Democratic White House could end the anti-competitive mergers that could go off before they take control.

Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) & Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY)

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) & Laboratory Corp Amer. Hldgs (NYSE:LH)

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) & Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL)

Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) & OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE:OMX)

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) & McKesson Corp. (NYSE:MCK)

BP (NYSE:BP) & Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX)

I covered the potential rumors on this at least on BP before.

Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI) & Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) or Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS)

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) & United Technologies (NYSE:UTX)

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) & Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) or Raytheon Co. (NYSE:RTN)

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) & Time Warner Cable (TWCA) (TWC)

Cramer said he doesn't believe Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) will be public alone next; also he noted Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI) & McClatchy Co. (NYSE:MNI).

The No. 1 deal is the rail sector, and Cramer thinks Burlington Nothrn Santa Fe (NYSE:BNI) and Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) or a Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) and a CSX corp. (NYSE:CSX) would be great.

This is the Top 10 List from Cramer, but it is actually more than 10 if you count them. Cramer says these aren't a wish list, because he thinks they are coming. Keep in mind that many of these are very anti-competitive and would be blocked if the DOJ actually monitored mergers, so this is sort of a 'merger wish list' of his. If this doesn't mark a peak in merger speculation then I don't know what does.

Jon Ogg is partner in 24/7 Wall St., LLC and can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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Last updated: February 09, 2010: 07:57 PM

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