Vikings 均衡を保った to swallow Geest

By Geoff Foster for MailOnline
Updated: 00:00 BST, 3 November 2004

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FRESH and ready-用意が出来ている food group Geest was the dish of the day for hungry punters. It jumped 20 1/2p to 570p まっただ中に 生き返らせるd rumours it will lose its independence before Christmas.

仲買人 Citigroup Smith Barney whetted appetites by advising cli ents to get stuck in on the 増加するd probability of a 十分な-規模 引き継ぎ／買収 by Bakkavor, the Icelandic convenience food company which sits on a 脅すing 20% 火刑／賭ける.

Bakkavor acquired the 残余 of the 株 in a £40m （警察の）手入れ，急襲 in June, 支払う／賃金ing up to 580p a 株. It said then it had no 意向 of 開始する，打ち上げるing a 企て，努力，提案, which means it is 妨げるd under 引き継ぎ／買収 パネル盤 支配するs from making a move until November 28.

売買業者s 推定する／予想する it to waste no time in swallowing Geest once the 手錠s are 除去するd. A cash 申し込む／申し出 in the 地域 of 650p a 株, valuing Geest at £474m, could be （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するd in 早期に December. In the 合間, the Icelanders could decide to lock away a few million more 株 in their larder until it reaches the 29.9% 障壁.

増加するing the chances of an 申し込む／申し出 is Bakkavor's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 得る board authorisation for an 増加する in its 株 資本／首都. Citigroup calculates the 問題／発行する of some 790m Geest 株 could 上げる its war chest by a mouthwatering £130m.

Geest has had a hard time. Turbulence in the food 小売 部門 has squeezed 利ざやs and it has been 苦しむing from higher raw-構成要素 costs for some of its 用意が出来ている-food 範囲s.

Icelandic stakebuilding 憶測 helped 割引 航空機による easyJet 飛行機で行く 11p higher to 170 1/2p.

Meaty turnover of 23m 株 - 含むing four tranches of 1m-加える changing 手渡すs at an 普通の／平均（する） price of 169p - led everyone to believe that Icelandair had 追加するd to its 10.1% shareholding. Last month's low was 118p.

Hoping that there would be a （疑いを）晴らす 勝利者 to the US 大統領の 選挙s and not a repeat of the 2000 fiasco when it took 36 days to 決定する who would get the 重要なs to the White House, the Footsie 会社／堅いd 19.4 points in thin 貿易（する）ing to 4693.2.

An 楽観的な 塀で囲む Street 前進するd 78 points in the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s, also helped by an easier oil price.

耐えるs mauled 示すs & Spencer まっただ中に 早期に rumours that a 利益（をあげる） 警告 is on the way. But the troubled retailer was quick to rubbish a ta le that it 計画（する）s to bring its 暫定的な results 今後 from next Tuesday. Sold 負かす／撃墜する to 356 3/4p, the 株 回復するd to finish 4 3/4p off at 359 1/4p.

利益（をあげる）-taking に引き続いて the 最近の good 伸び（る） on 引き継ぎ／買収 hopes left J Sainsbury 5 1/2p easier at 261 3/4p. Members of the Sainsbury family, which sits on 36%, can say what they like. 売買業者s remain 毅然とした that it is a 事柄 of when, not if, the struggling supermarket gets a mega cash 申し込む／申し出 it cannot 辞退する.

Numero uno Tesco, which is moving into the 削減（する）-throat mortgage market, 緩和するd 1 1/2p to 288 3/4p.

期待s that 知事 Mervyn King and his pals at the Bank of England will leave UK 利益／興味 率s on 持つ／拘留する tomorrow helped housebuilders 築く good 伸び（る）s.

Wilson Bowden rose 30p to 995p, Taylor Woodrow 6p to 241 1/4p and Bellway 16 1/2p to 701 1/2p.

RAC 逆転するd 26p to 640p after agreeing the 移転 of its Leyland トラックで運ぶ parts 契約 to トラックで運ぶ 製造者 PACCAR by September 2005.

仲買人 Oriel 安全s downgraded to 減ずる from 持つ／拘留する and shaved its 収入s 予測（する）s by 5% because the 落ちる in income after the sale of 資産s to PACCAR is 重要な.

Floated on Ofex at 45p, 株 of Israeli-based Espro, which develops and markets multilingual 音声部の guiding systems used by tourists in such places as the Tower of London and Edinburgh 城, の近くにd at 48 1/2p for a useful 賞与金 of 3 1/2p.

Pan African 資源s, a company prospecting for gold in Ghana and Mozambique, held 激しく揺する 安定した at 3 1/4p まっただ中に rumours of an 切迫した 告示.

The 任命 of David Mends as 財政／金融 director helped SP Holdings 辛勝する／優位 今後 1/4p to 15 3/4p.

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KEEP an 注目する，もくろむ on Northgate （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 解答s. 株 of the 速く-拡大するing IT ソフトウェア and services company jumped 3 1/2p to 65 1/2p after 進化 安全s （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Cazenove to become its 共同の 仲買人 along with the 存在するing Hoare Gov ett. More than 5m 株 were 貿易（する）d as 投資家s took the 見解（をとる） that more 利益／興味ing bolt-on 取得／買収s could be in the pipeline.