Monday, April 23, 2007

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Barclays, Scottish & Newcastle and Vodafone

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks advanced, paced by Barclays Plc. Britain's third-largest bank agreed to buy ABN Amro Holding NV for 67 billion euros ($91 billion) in the world's biggest-ever financial-services takeover.

Scottish & Newcastle Plc rose after the Financial Times reported that SAB Miller Plc and Diageo Plc would consider breaking the company up, citing an unidentified person familiar with the situation.


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