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M&T Bank Corp.’s $3.7 billion takeover of Hudson City Bancorp, the largest bank deal announced this year, solidifies the Buffalo, New York-based lender’s status as a hunter instead of the hunted.
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Trading of U.S. stock options soared to the second-highest level in nearly four decades of history yesterday, boosted by investors using the contracts to capture dividends paid by the biggest exchange-traded funds.
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Options traders are betting potential acquirers from AstraZeneca Plc to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will have to spend 26 percent more than its current price to buy Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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General Electric Co. put volume remained elevated today after being above the four-week average every day last week, boosted by one trade with a strike price 39 percent below the March 18 close.
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Options traders are the most bearish on Kraft Foods Inc. in three years and some of the largest shareholders are selling stock as the foodmaker faces surging commodities costs and the integration of Cadbury Plc.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. took over the portfolio of DBS Partners LP, one of the largest independent market makers for options on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after that firm declined to put up more collateral, according to four people with knowledge of the transaction.
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The advance that sent Starbucks Corp. up almost seven times as much as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in the last three years has pushed bearish bets in the options market to a 12-year high.
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A bullish SuccessFactors Inc. options trade soared 56-fold from its purchase Dec. 2 after SAP AG bought the software company for $3.4 billion.
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An investor who bought 759 bullish AirTran Holdings Inc. options last week captured a 14-fold gain today after Southwest Airlines Co. agreed to buy the company.
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Bearish bets against Apple Inc. fell the most in a year yesterday as investors let put options expire after the iPhone maker reported record sales last week.
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