Hollywood Shares Soar as Talk of Rival Bids Swirls
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Shares of Hollywood Entertainment Corp. rose sharply on Friday on mounting speculation that the No. 2 U.S. movie rental chain could get rival bids topping Blockbuster Inc.'s offer to buy the company for about &#36;700 million.
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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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The Dow industrials rose to a record high on Monday amid a broad advance by stocks as takeover deals totaling more than $77 billion suggested to investors that equities could still gain further.
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Shares of Blockbuster Inc.  were sharply higher on Thursday after Hollywood Entertainment's chief executive said he did not think an attempt to take his company private would succeed, which was taken as a sign Blockbuster could prevail in its bid to buy the U.S.' second-largest video rental chain.
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Alitalia shares rise on the back of news that 11 potential bidders have expressed interest in the Italian airline.
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The share sale, one of the biggest initial public offerings in recent years in the entertainment business, may raise as much as $844 million.
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Shares of The Robert Mondavi Corp. surged 30 percent Tuesday, despite the company&#39;s cool reception to an unsolicited $970 million bid from alcoholic beverages giant Constellation Brands Inc.
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Wall Street and Hollywood are  watching to see if DreamWorks' animated feature "Shark Tale"  stirs a feeding frenzy at the box office this weekend.
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Movie Gallery Inc. MOVI.O on Friday  offered to buy rival movie rental chain Hollywood Entertainment  Corp. HLYW.O for an undisclosed sum, one week after industry  leader Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N bid about $700 million for  Hollywood.
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CAPS investors unanimously think these stocks will win big.
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Mining stocks made gains on Thursday amid talk of further M&A activity.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as mergers and takeover proposals totaling more than $77 billion gave investors confidence that stock prices have room to rise even as the Dow industrials ascended to another record high.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets jumped higher thanks to takeover talk in the banking, travel and stock exchange sectors, dealers said Wednesday.
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Speculation of a British bid for Societe  Generale, in the face of French opposition to a foreign  takeover, pushed shares in SocGen up sharply on Wednesday  nearly two weeks after it was plunged into a rogue trading  scandal.
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Shares of Tiffany & Co.   climbed as much as 6.8 percent and its options volume surged on  Monday on renewed speculation that the fine jewelry retailer  could be a possible target for a takeover.
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Star-struck Wall Street gave a dazzling welcome to DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Thursday, sending the shares of the animated film maker up more than 38 percent in their market debut.
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The unexpected windfall from DVD sales have become the wild card in HollywoodÂs negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild.