"Bid talk helped Bradford & Bingley to go against a falling bank sector, with a 17¾p gain to 225p on heavy volume. The gossip was that Lloyds TSB, down 10p at 453½p, or HBOS, down 31½p at 603½p, could take over B&B and squeeze out cost savings."
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article3463949.ece
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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