Shares Up, Aided by Talk of Bank Deal
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Investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying the struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.
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Mortgage insurers' shares rose on Wednesday as investors saw them benefiting from regulatory moves that will boost their business.
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Shares climbed as investors bet economies and earnings would keep growing even as interest rates rise.
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Shares rose on Monday after an investment deal raised hopes that wealthy foreign investors would come to the rescue of Americaâs ailing investment firms.
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Stocks rose on Thursday, on optimism about government and central bank efforts to boost the economy.
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Barclays&#39; share price rose on Friday after Britain&#39;s third biggest bank denied it was facing liquidity problems amid a collapse of the US subprime mortgage market.
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Bear Stearns shares rose 7.7 percent yesterday on speculation that investors including Warren E. Buffett may buy all or part of the company.
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The pound continued to benefit Thursday from the prospect of higher interest rates in the UK, as Wednesday&#39;s hawkish minutes to the Bank of England&#39;s latest rate-setting meeting made the market increasingly confident of rates rising to 6 percent.
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Shares in London rose on Tuesday thanks to a rebound in the mining sector.
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Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell have risen in Amsterdam and London, lifted by speculation that investors will increase their holdings in the stock to reflect its unified structure.
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The bank's stock rose 11% in early trading today, halting the freefall that had halved its share price since Thursday
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London stocks were higher on Wednesday as banks rallied, with Northern Rock rising strongly after saying it had received a number of unnamed approaches.
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Northern Rock shares surge almost 14% in early trade after the troubled bank says it is in takeover talks.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after striking a deal with China and Singapore.
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Shares in Britain's EMI  rose on  Thursday following a media report that it was in talks with a  number of private equity firms over potential alternatives to a  takeover approach from Warner Music .
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Shares in Barclays  climbed for a second day on Friday as speculation mounted that Bank of America  could bid for the UK bank, with a leading analyst saying there could be strong merit to an acquisition.
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Shares in Northern Rock rise  after the government guarantees to protect savers' deposits.