Countrywide Shares Soar On Reports Of Talks
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10 -- Countrywide Financial shares more than doubled Thursday after reports that Bank of America was in discussions to buy the nation's largest mortgage lender.
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Shares in UK banking group Barclays rise on Monday after a weekend press report said it had held merger talks with Wells Fargo.
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Stocks were up on Friday after stronger-than-expected new home sales in July and another report showing a rise in factory orders for big-ticket items.
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Countrywide Financial Corp.'s shares tumbled for the second day Wednesday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said the delinquency and foreclosure rate of home loans in its portfolio surged in December.
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Stocks rose on Friday after a higher profit forecast by Microsoft Corp.  lifted all three major indexes, and an upbeat outlook by lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  stemmed fears of financial-sector losses.
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Bank of America Corp  is in  advanced talks to buy struggling Countrywide Financial Corp  , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, several people  familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Bank of America Corp  is in advanced talks to buy struggling Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, several people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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British estate agency firm Countrywide Plc  is in talks to be acquired by U.S. buyout group Apollo Management, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Countrywide says it will recover in the fourth quarter, and investors appear to be buying what Angelo Mozilo's company is selling.
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Leading shares finished the session comfortably higher, at their best levels in almost 2-1/2 years, boosted by positive news from BSkyB and a broadly positive morning on Wall Street, dealers said.
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U.S. mortgage applications rose last week, fueled by increased demand for home purchase loans even as interest rates hit their highest level in nearly a year, an industry group's data showed on Wednesday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  whose shares have tumbled amid worries about the largest U.S.  mortgage lender's survival prospects, on Wednesday said it made  more loans than it expected in the fourth quarter, though  homeowner foreclosures and delinquencies rose.
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Stocks jumped on Friday, driving the Nasdaq up 2 percent briefly and S&P 500 up 1 percent, after lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  said it expects to return to profitability this quarter, easing some fears about financial sector losses.
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Countrywide Financial Corp   posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, but its  shares soared after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it  expects to be profitable in the fourth quarter and in 2008, and  has weathered the worst of the housing downturn.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Thursday it has lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that will lead to widespread layoffs.
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Shares surged yesterday, pushing up the Dow Jones industrials by more than 100 points as a report that two companies are independently trying to buy Alcoa fueled hopes for a pickup in takeover activity.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday after news that Bank of America  is in advanced talks to buy struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp .