Bear Stearns Gets A Boost
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British billionaire Joseph Lewis buys a 7% stake in Bear Stearns.
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The S&P 500 stock index touched a six-year high on Thursday as higher-than-expected earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. , retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.  and other companies improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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The FTSE 100 climbed above 6,000 on Tuesday afternoon as dealers digested the latest developments in the banking sector.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
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Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N, two of Wall Street's biggest  securities firms, on Tuesday said their quarterly profits rose  as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted  investment banking fees.
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News of Archstone-Smith Trust's buyout has given the entire industry a needed boost.
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Bear Stearns said Friday that it would provide a loan of up to $3.2 billion to a hedge fund operated by its asset-management business, in an effort to placate lenders and investors.
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The pound jumped back up towards the 2.02 dollar level, adding to its strength from earlier in the day.
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Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday, after strong results from Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) raised hopes that fears of a slowdown in corporate technology spending were premature, but investment bank Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) suffered another weak quarter.
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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and a raft of economic indicators.
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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.
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Joseph C. Lewis, who became a  billionaire trading currency, has taken a 7 percent stake in  Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million  worth of the investment bank&#39;s stock over the past two months.
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on Thursday quarterly net income soared 38 percent helped by gains from fees for merger advice and underwriting debt for corporations and acquisition-hungry private equity firms.
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Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currency, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on  Thursday its quarterly profit rose 81 percent, easily beating  estimates, as investment banking and capital markets revenues  jumped.
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The S&P 500 index on Thursday rose more than 1 percent as stocks extended gains, helped by optimism about a deal for tax rebates to stimulate the U.S. economy.
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Plus earnings from Bear Stearns, Research In Motion and Palm.