British billionaire snaps up seven pct of Bear Stearns
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Investment funds controlled by British billionaire Joseph Lewis have amassed a seven percent stake in Wall Street investment bank and brokerage Bear Stearns, a US securities filing showed Monday.
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Bear Stearns Cos  shares soared  7.7 percent on Wednesday on a report that several investors,  including Warren Buffett, may buy part of the Wall Street  investment bank.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has  made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion)  for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph  said on Friday.
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Barclays Bank announces a record pre-tax profit of Â£7.14bn in 2006 - up by 35% on the previous year.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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The FTSE 100 gains 7.5% in value over 2004 in a year tainted by high oil prices and rising interest rates.
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Business & money: Â£7bn dawn raid marks new level of foreign investment as shares in target jump 13% on purchase
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London equities made strong gains on Monday, with banking stocks at the forefront of the rally at the start of a busy week for newsflow in the sector.
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Hong Kong stocks surged to a seven-month high Monday as investors took their cue from gains on Wall Street. The key Hang Seng Index rose 239.
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These seven stocks pay dividends and deliver earnings growth.
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Reclusive billionaire Joseph C. Lewis, who made his fortune trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up $860.4 million worth of the investment bank's sagging stock to become one of its largest shareholders in less than a month.
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Bear Stearns Cos shares soared 7.7 percent on Wednesday on a report that several investors, including Warren Buffett, may buy part of the Wall Street investment bank.
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Stock market listings hit a record $227bn worldwide this year as London reinforces its global position, a report says.
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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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British American Tobacco announced Thursday that net profits climbed 7.3 percent last year as the company was bolstered by rising sales in emerging markets.
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Lonmin led the way as the FTSE 100 powered to its highest close in almost seven years on Friday.
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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.