UPDATE 1-Centene shares rise on acquisition, forecast
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Centene Corp. (CNC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which sells Medicaid government health insurance plans, on Tuesday said the acquisition of two new health plans would add to 2005 earnings, pushing its shares up 13 percent.
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Auto supplier&#39;s shares rise after it says it will sell more companies that aren&#39;t market leaders. By Jeff Green and Jeff Bennett / Bloomberg News.
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Shares FedEx Corp. FDX.N rose before  the bell on Monday, after the express shipping company raised  its earnings forecast for the first quarter and the full year,  citing strong demand for its services.
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Shares of Nordic and Baltic stock exchange operator OMX AB rose Monday after a report that it was in talks to be purchased by Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
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Shares in the Spirit AeroSystems Holdings unit of Onex, the Canadian leveraged buyout company, rose 12 percent.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Carrefour shares rise amid speculation that Europe's biggest retailer will revamp its management.
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Centene Corp., the parent company of West Allis-based health maintenance organization Managed Health Services Insurance Corp., said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy two FirstGuard health plans serving a total of 136,000 members in Missouri and Kansas for
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets mainly rose as investors seized on the latest developments in the multi-billion-euro takeover battle for control of Dutch lender ABN Amro, dealers said Monday.
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Stocks rose on Monday, boosted by takeover news and data that showed manufacturing growth quickened in June even as price pressures eased.
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Shares of Dendreon rise after it announces already expected news.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (CME)  said on Friday it increased its takeover offer for CBOT Holdings Inc. , winning the vote of CBOT's biggest shareholder and apparently sealing the deal.
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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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Shares in Swiss chemical groups Clariant   and Ciba  rose strongly in morning trade  after the head of U.S. peer Huntsman Corp  expressed  interest in buying the groups.
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The printer maker also predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up.
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Stock index futures rose on Monday, lifted by news of a deal to buy a Merrill Lynch  lending unit and as investors eyed retailers as the busy holiday shopping season drew to a close.
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European stock markets rose on Monday, lit up by merger and acquisition news after a bright performance in Tokyo and Hong Kong, dealers said.