"Alliance & Leicester edged up 41 to 782½p on fresh rumours that GE Money - a division of US conglomerate General Electric - is studying a possible offer for the mortgage bank. A&L was approached by Spain's Santander at the end of last year but the takeover talks ended without a bid emerging."
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