Buyout Buzz Boosts Dow Chemical
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In the superheated M&A market, the targets appear to be getting bigger and bigger. Shares of Dow Chemical (DOW) soared on to a new 52-week high Feb.
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Stocks rose on Friday, capping Wall Street's best week in almost five years, after Microsoft Corp's  $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc  overshadowed news that employers cut payrolls for the first time since 2003.
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Stock indexes gained on Monday as deal news and pharmaceutical sector profits renewed optimism about the equities market after Friday's sell-off.
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Shares of Dow Chemical Co.  on Monday soared 8 percent a day after a report in the U.K.-based tabloid Sunday Express newspaper said the company could be a target of a leveraged buyout.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials leading the gains, amid speculation that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be the subject of international takeover bids.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a sharp rebound in oil prices.
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Shares surged on Wall Street on Friday night, pushing the Dow over 100 points higher, as tech stocks rallied and drug giant Merck staged a 1 per cent rebound following its 26 per cent fall on Thursday.
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Stocks rallied yesterday after the software maker PeopleSoft accepted Oracle&#39;s $10.3 billion sweetened buyout offer and other big deals fueled expectations for more takeovers.
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U.S. stock indexes rose on Monday as takeover news and strong profits from blue-chip companies, including Merck & Co. , reassured investors after Friday's sell-off.
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The Dow industrials climbed on   Wednesday to within striking distance of a record high, as an   unexpected rise in August new home sales renewed optimism about   consumer spending and the outlook for corporate profits.
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 15--Dow Chemical Co. announced a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents a share, payable April 30, 2007 to shareholders of record on March 30, 2007.   It is the 382nd consecutive cash dividend issued by the Midland-based chemical company.
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Shares rallied on speculation that global demand for commodities and higher raw-material prices may fuel more takeovers.
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Stocks extended gains on Thursday, pushing the Dow industrials up more than 1 percent, with support from a brokerage upgrade of General Motors Corp.  and McDonald's Corp.'s  dividend increase.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after  software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O accepted rival Oracle  Corp.'s ORCL.O $10.3 billion sweetened buyout offer and other  big deals fueled expectations for more takeovers.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday, led by gains in the Dow industrials as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a sharp rebound in oil prices.
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Dow Chemical Co.'s DOW.N  third-quarter profit surged 86 percent on increased plastics  sales, but demand remains vulnerable to soaring energy costs,  the No. 1 U.S. chemicals maker said on Thursday.
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U.S. stocks gained on Monday as a spate of takeover deals reassured investors that companies were attractive purchases at current prices.