Unilever shares rise on bid talk
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Shares in consumer goods giant Unilever rise 4% amid rumours of a possible bid from Colgate-Palmolive.
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Banks and insurers pushed European shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain&#39;s HBOS spearheading the gains on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war for domestic banking peer Abbey.
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Shares in E.ON, Germany's biggest power supplier, were higher on the Frankfurt stock exchange after the group announced at the weekend that it was raising its offer for Spanish electricity supplier Endesa.
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Unilever, one of the world&#39;s leading consumer-products companies with products from Dove soap to Hellman&#39;s mayonnaise, surprised investors today by disclosing that its full
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Shares of Macy&#39;s Inc.  rose on  Friday amid speculation that the retailer was ripe for a  takeover.
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Speculation of a British bid for Societe Generale, in the face of French opposition to a foreign takeover, pushed shares in SocGen up sharply on Wednesday nearly two weeks after it was plunged into a rogue trading scandal.
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Shares of DaimlerChrysler climbed yesterday after media reports that General Motors was in talks to buy the German firm's Chrysler division.
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Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever has reported a 26 percent net profit rise in 2006 compared with 2005, attributable to divestments, but said sales stagnated in the fourth quarter.
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SHARES in grocery wholesaler Metcash Trading jumped 14.6 per cent yesterday as investors welcomed its surprise takeover bid for Foodland Associated&#39;s Australian operations.
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Shares in Britain's EMI  rose on  Thursday following a media report that it was in talks with a  number of private equity firms over potential alternatives to a  takeover approach from Warner Music .
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Unilever has reported a three percent rise in third-quarter earnings but warned it is reviewing its targets up to 2010, after issuing a shock profits warning last month.
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Stocks rose on Monday, lifted by takeover news and data showing stronger manufacturing growth in June even as price pressures eased.
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Shares in Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata   climbed as much as 3.2 percent on Wednesday, as traders  cited persistent market talk of a bid from Brazilian mining  giant Vale (VALE5.SA).
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Shares in J Sainsbury have risen by 3 per cent on mounting rumours of a potential Â£8 billion bid involving Allan Leighton, the serial director.
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Shares in Big Food Group (BFP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) leaped on Friday after the owner of Britain&#39;s Iceland frozen food chain said it had held talks about
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Unilever has warned that restoring profitable growth will involve rising marketing spend and a big jump in restructuring charges in the fourth quarter.
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European tobacco stocks were lifted by bid activity on Thursday which helped equity markets nudge higher, while interest rate decisions by both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank went as expected.