NEW YORK, March 26- Wall Street was set to rise at the open on Tuesday after data showed the economy continues to slowly improve, which could lift the S&P 500 closer to its record high. The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, then retreated as investors cashed in gains in the wake of news out of Europe.
The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, then retreated as investors cashed in gains in the wake of news out of Europe. **ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY INC, Monday close $5.13, down 60 percent premarket. **RF MICRO DEVICES, Monday close $4.91, up 5 percent premarket.
*Banks in Cyprus will remain closed until Thursday, and even then subject to capital controls to prevent a run on deposits, after a European Union bailout that the country's president assured his people was in their best interests.
The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, then retreated as investors cashed in gains in the wake of news out of Europe. "We have some important data and if we get good news, there we can continue our climb forward," said Art Hogan, managing director at Lazard Capital Markets in New York. "
NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, ahead of a flurry of data that could lure investors and propel the S&P 500 to a record closing high. *The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, before news out of Europe prompted investors to cash in gains.
**ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY INC, Monday close $5.13, down 58 percent premarket. **RAYTHEON CO, Monday close $56.76. **BAIDU INC, Monday close $85.33.
SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, March 25- Michael Dell likely couldn't have known when he proposed taking his company private last year that he would trigger a three-way contest between two private equity giants and one of Wall Street's most aggressive activist investors.
March 26- The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. *Michael Dell considers Blackstone Group LP's preliminary proposal for Dell Inc to be potentially friendly to management and may reach out to talk later this week, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday.
*Dell Inc founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell is very concerned that Blackstone Group LP's buyout offer would dismantle the PC maker he founded in 1984, two people close to Michael Dell said on Monday. *Most Cyprus banks will reopen on Tuesday but the Bank of Cyprus and Popular Bank will reopen on Thursday, a Central Bank source said.
NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 within striking distance of its all-time high, as strong data on home prices pointed to an economy that was improving, albeit slowly. Shares of homebuilding stocks rose, with Toll Brothers up 0.9 percent to $35.47 and Lennar Corp up 0.9 percent at $41.92.
NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 within striking distance of its all-time high, as strong data on home prices pointed to an economy that was improving, albeit slowly. up 0.9 percent to $35.47 and Lennar Corp.
SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, March 25- Michael Dell likely couldn't have known when he proposed taking his company private last year that he would trigger a three-way contest between two private equity giants and one of Wall Street's most aggressive activist investors.
*Dell Inc says Michael Dell willing to work with third parties. March 25- Two of the most prominent U.S. investors could upset Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc, after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone Group LP to wrest control of the computer maker from its founder.
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TO HEAT UP TO 1.8 MLN UK HOMES First deal of its kind for United States to supply Britain with gas will play important role in ensuring energy security, Centrica says. MORE BANK RAIDS COULD FOLLOW CYPRUS, SAYS EUROZONE CHIEF Bank accounts in Greece, Spain and Portugal could be raided as part of efforts to shore up the euro, a senior euro zone figure has suggested.
*Dell says Michael Dell willing to work with third parties. March 25- Two of the most prominent U.S. investors could upset Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc, after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone Group to wrest control of the computer maker from its founder.
NEW YORK, March 25- Dell Inc founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell is very concerned that Blackstone Group LP's buyout offer would dismantle the PC maker he founded in 1984, two people close to Michael Dell said on Monday.
NEW YORK, March 25- Dell Inc founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell is very concerned that Blackstone Group LP's buyout offer would dismantle the PC maker he founded in 1984, two people close to Michael Dell said on Monday.
*Dell says Michael Dell willing to work with third parties. March 25- Two of the most prominent U.S. investors could upset Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc, after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone Group to wrest control of the computer maker from its founder.
*Dell says Michael Dell willing to work with third parties. March 25- Two of the most prominent U.S. investors could upset Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc, after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone Group to wrest control of the computer maker from its founder.