US stocks rose sharply on Monday on a steady flow of merger-and-acquisition chatter, including talk that Britain’s Barclays Plc was eyeing Dutch bank ABN AMRO, overshadowing the recent turmoil in the subprime …
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Original post by The Age

US stocks rallied on Monday after Britain’s Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, boosting financial shares in the wake of the subprime mortgage market turmoil.
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Original post by The Sydney Morning Herald

U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after Britain’s Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, helping the financial sector recover from its recent hammering in the subprime mortgage …
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Original post by Publicbroadcasting.net

Traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 19, 2007.
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Original post by Lubbock Avalanche

Stocks rose sharply on Monday on a steady flow of merger-and-acquisition chatter, including talk that Britain’s Barclays was eyeing Dutch bank ABN AMRO, overshadowing the recent turmoil in the subprime mortgage …
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Original post by Publicbroadcasting.net

Stocks rose sharply Monday as Wall Street joined overseas stock markets in riding a wave of merger news to bounce back from a losing week.
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Original post by The Morning Sun

WHEELING, W.Va. - Shares of long-struggling steelmaker Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp.
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Original post by Journal-Gazette

Canadian investors bought a record amount of foreign bonds in January, as they continued to load up on global securities holdings.
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Original post by Globeinvestor.com

The benchmark Sensex bounced back by over 214 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange today on revival of buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks such as Reliance Industries.
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Original post by India Daily

Prices for U.S. Treasuries were modestly lower in trading Monday morning. With no economic data out, the market was under pressure largely from a rally in stocks.
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Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net