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A trader paid $600,000 to protect against losses in New York Times Co. shares yesterday ahead of the newspaper publishing company’s earnings report next week.
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U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index higher for a fourth day, as reports on jobless claims and factory orders were better than forecast and the European Central Bank said it stands ready to buy bonds.
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U.S. stocks and commodities rallied, while the dollar and Treasuries fell, as American jobless claims climbed less than forecast and the European Central Bank said it’s ready to buy bonds once necessary conditions are met.
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Traders are betting TPC Group Inc. will win America’s biggest takeover price increase, spurred by one of the chemical producer’s largest shareholders lobbying against the current proposal.
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Carl Icahn, the activist investor who bet against the U.S. stock market last year, pared back the wager after the equity rally ended up reducing the billionaire’s first-quarter returns.
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Titanium Metals Corp., the Dallas- based supplier of the lightweight metal to Boeing Co., rose the most in more than four months amid speculation the company may be a takeover target.
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Options traders betting on Safeway Inc. are growing more convinced the cheapest grocery-store chain in America will be acquired, threatening short sellers that have pushed bearish wagers to an all-time high.
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Most U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a two-year high, as better-than- projected earnings forecasts at Oracle Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. and the takeover of a regional bank overshadowed concern Europe’s debt crisis will spread.
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Supervalu Inc. is offering private- equity shoppers the biggest discount of any supermarket chain in America.
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New York Times Co. was the biggest gainer in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and bullish options trading surged to a six-month high on renewed speculation the newspaper publisher may be acquired.
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