Sallie shares rise on deal hope
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Shares of Sallie Mae  recovered some ground on Thursday as traders bet that the endangered $25 billion deal to take over the student lender could be renegotiated at a lower price.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report that Bank of America  is in talks to buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  sent financial stocks higher.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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Shares of Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, the nation&#39;s biggest pubs owner, may rise after Coles Myer Ltd. increased its takeover offer to A$1.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday as takeover news, including Nasdaq's  plan to buy a Nordic exchanges company, restored investor optimism, although trading was sparse ahead of a long holiday weekend.
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Credit Suisse shares rose on Tuesday amid hopes Switzerland&#39;s second-largest financial group will step up the pace of restructuring, prompted by a report that it
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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 rose in early trading Monday after a fresh round of buyout news offered evidence that Wall Street's penchant for dealmaking hasn't disappeared.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, helped by another round of proposed takeovers and a report showing a stronger-than-expected reading in consumer confidence.
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Sallie Mae  said on Wednesday it plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory convertible securities to help pay off derivatives contracts that amounted to a bet that its share price would keep increasing.
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Shares of Dendreon rise after it announces already expected news.
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Friends Provident shares rise after US private equity firm JC Flowers says it is considering bidding for the insurer.
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Sallie Mae , the largest U.S.  educational lending company, said it sold $1 billion of  convertible securities and $2 billion of common stock, raising  more money than it had expected to pay off bad derivatives  bets.
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Adidas-Salomon, the German maker of sportswear and equipment said it was optimistic about the outlook for its US operations and said it was likely to pay shareholders an increased dividend for 2004.
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Stocks were poised to open higher on Monday, boosted by 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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LONDON -- Shares in Reuters Group PLC rose Thursday on speculation that its part-owned stock-trading network Instinet Group Inc. is up for sale.
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Shares in MCI climb on speculation that rival phone firm Qwest has tabled a $6.3bn takeover offer.