Commerzbank shares up on Citibank bid talk: traders
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Commerzbank , which has been  persistently cited as a possible takeover target, jumped 2.2  percent to 37.8 euros, its highest in nearly seven years on  market talk Citigroup  was likely to bid about 45 euros  for the bank.
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Australian stocks rose as Metcash Trading Ltd. had its biggest gain in almost four years after Citigroup Inc. raised the stock&#39;s rating, citing an offer to buy Foodland Associated Ltd.
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InBev  shares were up more than 6 percent on talk about a report in Brazillian newspaper Valor Economico that the brewer was in merger talks with Anheuser-Busch , traders said.
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Financial stocks got a lift Tuesday as speculation about merger and acquisition activity was injected into the market after Citigroup Inc.
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Citigroup  is interested in all banks in Germany which would be for sale but is not in talks with Commerzbank , its head of Germany, Sue Harnett, said on the sidelines of a news conference on Tuesday.
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Europe's major stock markets have gained solidly in early trading, buoyed in part by takeover activity amid a renewed bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus.
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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German stocks rose. Deutsche Bank AG gained after the lender extended its private wealth management business in Germany by acquiring Wilhelm von Finck AG.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Commerzbank, the second-biggest listed bank in Germany, said it has sold its 8.4-percent stake in Italian sports car maker Ferrari for an estimated 260 million euros (329 million dollars).
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New York Times Co.  shares rose as much as 7.5 percent on Wednesday and options traders cited unusual call volume on speculation billionaire investor Warren Buffett could build a stake in the company.
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The German and French financial  watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent  trading by U.S. financial services group Citigroup C.N in  European government bond and derivative markets.
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European tobacco stocks were lifted by bid activity on Thursday which helped equity markets nudge higher, while interest rate decisions by both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank went as expected.
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Citigroup Inc.  is in advanced  talks to buy Automated Trading Desk, an electronic trading  firm, for about $700 million, The Wall Street Journal Online  reported on Tuesday.
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U.S. investors Carl Icahn and Warren  Lichtenstein are preparing a tender offer for KT&amp;G Corp. , a  South Korean brokerage said, sending shares of the country&#039;s  top tobacco maker up over 6 percent on Friday.
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The German and French financial watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent trading by US financial services group Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) in European government bond and derivative markets.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 23--TOKYO -- Citigroup Inc. will sharply raise its equity stake in  the scandal-tainted Nikko Cordial Corp. group, industry sources said Friday.