Sunday, February 3, 2008

Mega deals boost Asian stocks (Reuters)



A man and woman sit in front of a stock index board at a bank in Tokyo February 1, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Asian stocks rose on Monday, gaining
2.5 percent as Microsoft Corp's $45 billion bid for
Yahoo and China's purchase of a stake in takeover
target Rio Tinto boosted investor optimism over share
valuations.




No comments: