CDW shares climb on buyout report
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Shares of CDW Corp.  rose 9  percent early on Tuesday following a report that the computer  technology retailer may be a takeover target from private  equity firms.
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Computer retailer CDW Corp.  became the latest company to be swallowed up by a private equity firm, announcing on Tuesday it had agreed to be bought by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $7.3 billion.
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Stocks advanced on Monday as deal news, including a takeover in the oil services industry worth nearly $18 billion, and strong pharmaceutical sector profits reassured investors after Friday's sell-off.
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Shares in the Spirit AeroSystems Holdings unit of Onex, the Canadian leveraged buyout company, rose 12 percent.
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Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. raised net proceeds of roughly $100 million through a share sale completed this week, the company said. Wheeling-Pittsburgh, a steel maker, sold 3.65 million shares of common stock at $29 each.
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Shares of Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. rose 23 percent, the biggest gain since at least 1980, after an investment disclosed by Vornado Realty Trust highlighted the value of the retailer&#39;s real estate.
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Leading shares finished the session comfortably higher, at their best levels in almost 2-1/2 years, boosted by positive news from BSkyB and a broadly positive morning on Wall Street, dealers said.
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Stocks rose as an $11 billion offer by Kmart for Sears, Roebuck lifted retailers and better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard ignited a rally in technology shares.
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.
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Stocks rose on Monday, lifted by takeover news and data showing stronger manufacturing growth in June even as price pressures eased.
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Stocks began September with strong   gains on Friday as a report showing slightly more-than-expected   U.S. job growth lifted hopes that companies will sustain   profitability even as the expansion moderates.
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Shares in Australian beer and wine firm Foster's jump by more than 9% after a report says it could be a bid target.
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U.S. stocks gained on Monday as a spate of takeover deals reassured investors that companies were attractive purchases at current prices in moderate trading before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
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Europe's major stock markets have gained solidly in early trading, buoyed in part by takeover activity amid a renewed bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus.
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Wall Street stocks jumped yesterday after the Commerce Department reported record trade deficits and reports circulated about a possible takeover bid for aluminum giant Alcoa.
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NEW YORK - Wall Street shifted higher Monday as bargain hunters shrugged off skyrocketing oil prices and bought shares following an upbeat sales report from Wal-Mart Stores and a bright outlook from Lowe's.    The Dow Jones industrial average was up 84.07, or 0.9 percent, at 9,909.42, after edging 0.1 percent higher last week...
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, as investors snapped up shares in sectors seen likely to withstand a slowdown in growth following reports pointing to further weakness in housing.