Stocks & Bonds: Markets Up After a Deal by Merrill
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Shares rose on Monday after an investment deal raised hopes that wealthy foreign investors would come to the rescue of Americaâs ailing investment firms.
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Stocks rose on Monday as data on existing-home sales were in line with analysts' forecasts, allowing investors to focus on the recent pull-back in bond yields and the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting this week.
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Stock index futures rose, lifted by news of a General Electric deal to buy a Merrill Lynch lending unit.
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Stocks rose on Friday, with deal news and positive broker comments on companies such as Dow component General Motors Corp.  lending support.
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Major indexes rose today as investors were assuaged by solid earnings results from blue-chip names.
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Stock indexes rose on Monday as deal news and pharmaceutical sector profits renewed optimism about the equities market after Friday's sell-off.
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European equity markets moved higher on Friday as Wall Street's early gains tempted bargain hunters back into the fray.
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Stocks rose on Friday, rebounding from the previous session's steep losses, as bond yields retreated from their highs, easing some of the fears about rising borrowing costs.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost investment banks' shares and some U.S. retailers' robust monthly sales allayed worries about the economy's health.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes more than 1 percent higher, as Wall Street joined Asian and European markets in a rebound after the recent global sell-off.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday,as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street futures took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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Stocks rose after the open on Monday helped by deal news, including a report that global miner BHP Billiton is reviving takeover plans for aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, driving the Nasdaq composite index more than 1 percent higher, as overseas equities rebounded and investors bet that markets may be stabilizing after recent heavy losses.
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U.S. stocks rose  on Tuesday as  better-than-expected corporate results lifted the mood on Wall  Street and investors bought shares a day after major indexes  hit November lows.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected profits and more merger news.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday,  lifted  by a flurry of deals, such as Citigroup Inc.'s C.N plans to  sell its Travelers insurance unit, and relief that elections in  Iraq proceeded with less bloodshed than expected.
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Stocks opened higher on Wednesday, bouncing back after the prior session's sell-off, as investors snapped up beaten-down financial shares.