S.African stock market boosted by miners, banks

(Reuters) - South Africa's blue chip top-40 index rose over 1.7 percent on Monday, boosted by resource and banking stocks in late afternoon trade.

At 1452 GMT, the blue-chip index was 1.6 percent stronger, with heavyweight miners Anglo American up 2.07 percent to 402.40 rand and BHP Billiton 3.75 percent higher at 203.60 rand.


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S.African stocks up as miners, financials recover

(Reuters) - South African stocks pushed more than 1 percent higher on Monday as miners and financials recovered from last week's bruising.

Heavily-weighted miner Anglo American, which slid more than 5 percent on Friday, gained 1.14 percent while peer BHP Billiton jumped 2.15 percent.


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Australian Mining Stocks Rise, Led by BHP Billiton; Macquarie Declines

(Bloomberg) -- Australian shares rebounded from early
losses, led by BHP Billiton Ltd. after copper and oil prices rose.

Macquarie Bank Ltd., the nation's largest investment bank,
fell on speculation higher credit costs will slow global takeovers
and dent advisory fees.


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HP says to still seek software acquisitions

(Reuters) - "It is likely that HP will continue to be acquisitive in its software portfolio," Thomas Hogan, senior vice president of HP software, told Reuters. "There are other parts of the portfoliio that are separate from the area of information technology operations and automation ... that we will continue to explore."'



HP said it would tender for all outstanding shares of Opsware, a supplier of software used to automate computer data centers, at $14.25 each, a 38.6 percent premium to Opsware's closing price of $10.28 on Nasdaq on Friday. HP values the deal at about $1.6 billion.


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HP to acquire software maker Opsware for $1.6 bln

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 23 - Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard said on Monday that it would acquire Opsware Inc. for $1.6 billion to bolster its line-up of business software offerings.



HP said it would tender for all outstanding shares of Opsware, a supplier of software used to automate computer data centers, at $14.25 each, a 38.6 percent premium to Opsware's closing price of $10.28 on Nasdaq on Friday.


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U.K. FTSE 100 Benchmark Declines, Paced by BHP; Rolls-Royce, Kelda Slip

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fell for a second day,
paced by BHP Billiton Ltd. after Deutsche Bank AG downgraded the
shares and metal prices retreated. Anglo American Plc and
Antofagasta Plc also declined.

Rolls-Royce Group Plc, Kelda Group Plc and Schroders Plc
slid as brokerages lowered their recommendations for the
companies' stocks. Reed Elsevier Plc dropped after it agreed to
sell Harcourt Education for $4 billion.


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