LSE forecasts earnings surge as battles Nasdaq bid
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The London Stock Exchange  forecast a big rise in third-quarter earnings and pledged to raise its full-year dividend at least 50 percent on Tuesday as it reiterated its opposition to a 2.7-billion-pound ($5.3 billion) bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq .
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London equities moved sharply higher on Thursday after a rebound on Wall Street overnight.
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European stocks were higher on Wednesday thanks to a strong performance on Wall Street overnight, and fresh merger and acquisition activity.
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Wall Street is raising estimates of second-quarter earnings growth, estimating profits will be up 5.9 percent on average, according to Reuters Estimates, which compiles analysts' forecasts weekly for the Standard & Poor's 500 index .
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Speculation of a British bid for Societe  Generale, in the face of French opposition to a foreign  takeover, pushed shares in SocGen up sharply on Wednesday  nearly two weeks after it was plunged into a rogue trading  scandal.
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US stocks advanced again on Tuesday as some better-than-expected corporate earnings and a surprising jump in durable goods orders helped boost beaten-down sentiment on Wall Street.
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London equities moved higher in opening trade on Thursday, helped by buoyant financial stocks and a fresh set of bid talk.
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Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a  cash infusion from a Singapore fund.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stocks staged a late-day rally to end higher Wednesday, with the Nasdaq climbing for the seventh straight session, as investor appetite for attractively valued shares trumped concern over a spate of profit warnings and a new high
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European shares edged higher on Monday bolstered by reassuring comments from UK bank Lloyds TSB on its earnings expectations for this year.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  said  on Tuesday that quarterly earnings more than tripled, helped by  strong trade revenue.
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US stock market Nasdaq, which had a takeover move in London rejected, sees quarterly earnings triple.
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European stock markets climbed strongly after shaking off a mixed overnight showing on Wall Street, as banking stocks gave a pre-weekend boost to London share prices.
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Stocks headed for a higher open on Monday as takeover news and stronger-than-expected profits in the pharmaceutical sector eased anxiety about earnings, which led to Friday's sell-off.
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The battle for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) heated up with sources saying the German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse was prepared to raise its bid price and move key parts of its management to London.
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London stock markets moved higher on Friday, shrugging off Wall Street losses thanks to strength in mining groups and pharmaceuticals.
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U.S. stocks could rise this week if  the first wave of quarterly earnings inject optimism about  results for the period and on economic growth that has  surprised on the upside.