Countrywide Shares Soar On Reports Of Talks
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10 -- Countrywide Financial shares more than doubled Thursday after reports that Bank of America was in discussions to buy the nation's largest mortgage lender.
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Shares in global news and information  provider Reuters Group Plc rose to their highest level since  April after a report Thursday that the firm may sell its U.S.  electronic trading subsidiary, dealers said.
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Stock index futures jumped on Friday after Countrywide Financial Corp.  reported quarterly results and said it negotiated additional liquidity.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  said on Wednesday it funded $23.4 billion of mortgage loans in December, up 1 percent from November, and that lending activity for the quarter topped its forecast.
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Countrywide Financial Corp.'s   debt protection costs jumped on Tuesday amid rumors about more  financial problems at the largest U.S. mortgage lender.
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Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest on record, sending its shares tumbling for a second day to their lowest in nearly 13 years.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Friday foreclosures and late payments rose in January to the highest on record, reflecting the nation's deepening housing and credit crunch.
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European stock markets have risen as investors reacted to a series of newspaper reports suggesting possible takeover deals.
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Countrywide Financial Corp. ,  the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday said it made 15  percent more home loans in May as the pace of refinancings  increased, though the foreclosure rate doubled.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday after lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  said it expects to return to profitability this quarter and Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook.
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Bank of America Corp  is in advanced talks to buy struggling Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, several people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Shares rise as the bank has no new loans problems to report to Wall Street.
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The homebuilder beats expectations; shares bounce back.
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Wilson Bowden shares surge to a record high after the UK builder says that a number of companies are interested in buying it.
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LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp. lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, but its shares soared Friday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said it expects to be profitable this quarter and next year.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, but its shares climbed after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it expected to be profitable in the fourth quarter and in 2008, and has weathered the worst of the nationwide housing downturn.