H&R Block rises on upgrade, buyout speculation
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H&R Block Inc.  shares rose as  much as 5.4 percent after a UBS Investment Research analyst  upgraded the largest U.S. tax preparer, and said it could be  acquired by a buyout firm after it sells its money-losing  subprime mortgage unit business.
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Favorable earnings boost shares -- but are they too high already?
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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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Mining stocks made gains on Thursday amid talk of further M&A activity.
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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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H&R Block Inc , the largest U.S. tax preparer, said on Thursday that its quarterly loss had more than doubled and that it had begun discussions with Cerberus Capital Management to modify the sale of its Option One Mortgage Corp. subprime mortgage unit.
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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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Shares of Alcan Inc. rose after reports of possible takeover offers from Norsk Hydro ASA and Rio Tinto Group raised expectations of a bidding war with Alcoa Inc. for the Canadian aluminum producer.
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Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. jumped more than 10 percent and its options volume turned busy Thursday afternoon amid renewed speculation that it is a takeover target.
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Shares of Dow Jones were up today after the family that controls the company announced it would consider selling the company.
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update Earnings per share rise compared with a year ago, but company misses analysts' expectations by a long shot.
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U.S. stocks extended gains on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both up more than 1 percent, as investors hunted for bargains among large cap technology shares.
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U.S. Treasury prices were higher on Friday, cementing gains made the previous day, in the face of growing speculation that the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes could slow.
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Wall Street extended its advance yesterday as investors digested new takeover developments and placed bets ahead of the Federal ReserveÂs decision on interest rates.
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Wall Street rose sharply for a third straight session as investors cheered profit reports from big names like Microsoft and were reassured by word of a possible buyout of a trouble bond insurer.
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A larger dividend, more stock buybacks, and a new CEO -- oh my!
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US stocks rose as Kmart Holding Corp.&#39;s $11 billion offer for Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. lifted retailers and Hewlett-Packard Co.