CDW shares climb on buyout report
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Shares of CDW Corp.  rose more than 12 percent to a seven-year high on Tuesday following a report that the computer technology retailer may be a takeover target of private equity firms.
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Shares of Western Union Co.   rose more than 4 percent in their market debut on Monday, after  a spin-off from First Data Corp. .
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and a healthy rise in September sales on Thursday, sending its shares up 2 percent in pre-market trading.
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.
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Shares of Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. rose 23 percent, the biggest gain since at least 1980, after an investment disclosed by Vornado Realty Trust highlighted the value of the retailer&#39;s real estate.
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Shares of Network Appliance jumped more than 11 percent during Wednesday&#39;s trading after the storage maker reported a robust 38 percent rise in first quarter revenue.
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Stocks rose on Monday, boosted by takeover news and data that showed manufacturing growth quickened in June even as price pressures eased.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday after  software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O accepted rival Oracle  Corp.'s ORCL.O buyout offer and data showed  better-than-expected November retail sales, signaling an uptick  in consumer spending.
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Shares of Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. rose as much as 27 percent, the biggest gain since at least 1980, after an investment by Vornado Realty Trust highlighted the value of the retailer&#39;s real estate.
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U.S. stocks climbed  on Tuesday as  retail stocks including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N got a  boost from a rise in January retail sales and M&A activity  builds following a $3.25 billion takeover offer for Circuit  City Stores Inc. CC.N.
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U.S. stocks gained on Monday as a spate of takeover deals reassured investors that companies were attractive purchases at current prices in moderate trading before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Rio Tinto's   shares surged on Wednesday amid market talk that an improved offer had prompted the firm to open its books to suitor BHP Billiton   and media reports which said Rio had signaled a price at which it would sell out.
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The Australian share market renewed its climb Tuesday, led by gains on Wall Street and a turnaround in the miners that had driven the market to its biggest fall in six months the day before.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O  reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and a healthy  rise in September sales on Thursday, sending its shares up 2  percent in pre-market trading.
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European shares moved higher on Monday, with DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX) leading the carmakers after reports it was in talks with General Motors (NYSE:GM) and other potential suitors over the sale of its US Chrysler division.
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Stocks rose as an $11 billion offer by Kmart for Sears, Roebuck lifted retailers and better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard ignited a rally in technology shares.
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Stocks rose after the open on Monday helped by deal news, including a report that global miner BHP Billiton is reviving takeover plans for aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .