British billionaire snaps up seven pct of Bear Stearns
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Investment funds controlled by British billionaire Joseph Lewis have amassed a seven percent stake in Wall Street investment bank and brokerage Bear Stearns, a US securities filing showed Monday.
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Acquisitions were the theme of the day as the FTSE Small Cap index jumped 1.7 per cent, its biggest daily gain in more than 18 months.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Barclays Plc , Britain's third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 write-down on the value of risky assets to 1.6 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) but reported profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations.
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on Thursday quarterly net income soared 38 percent, helped by gains from fees for merger advice and underwriting debt.
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Reclusive billionaire Joseph C. Lewis, who made his fortune trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up the investment bank's sagging stock to become one of its largest shareholders in less than a month.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion) for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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Funds controlled by British billionaire Joseph Lewis have amassed a seven percent stake in Wall Street investment bank and brokerage Bear Stearns, a US securities filing showed Monday.
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U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, driving the Dow industrials to a record closing high on strong earnings from a range of companies such as investment bank Bear Stearns Companies and an improving outlook for both the U.S. economy and corporate profits.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O  rose 1.8  percent before the bell on Monday after Bear Stearns raised its  share price target on the company to $72 from $60.
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Barclays Bank Plc  on Wednesday accused Bear Stearns Co Inc  of using two hedge funds that collapsed last summer as places to unload troubled assets.
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Leading shares touched six-year highs as a bouyant mining sector was bolstered by another record breaking session on Wall Street.
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Bear Stearns Cos  shares soared  7.7 percent on Wednesday on a report that several investors,  including Warren Buffett, may buy part of the Wall Street  investment bank.
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NEW YORK -- Bear Stearns Cos., the fifth-largest U.S. investment house, on Thursday reported robust capital markets and investment banking activity helped it achieve the best fourth quarter in the company's history.
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The Brit has been buying up a big stake in beleaguered bank Bear Stearns.
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The yuan surged to a seven-month high against the US dollar Friday in offshore forwards markets on speculation that China may be preparing to loosen tight currency controls.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has  made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion)  for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph  said on Friday.