tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835300773458789442011-04-21T17:45:41.398-07:00Mark.Jeloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930793778432645542noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883530077345878944.post-86697043361942794272007-05-23T10:03:00.000-07:002007-05-23T10:04:04.925-07:00NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Global stocks vaulted higher on Wednesday, with more takeover talk driving the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 indexes to record highs, while the dollar fell against the euro and sterling as investors braced for higher European interest rates.<br /><br />Oil climbed above $70 a barrel in London after a United Nations agency report said Iran had expanded its nuclear program. <br /><br /><br />The stock rally drew investors away from U.S. government bonds, sending prices lower and pushing benchmark yields up near 3-1/2-month highs.<br /><br />U.S. stocks rose after a report that Canada's Alcan Inc. may force rival aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. (AA.N: Quote, Profile , Research) into a bidding war.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/883530077345878944-8669704336194279427?l=girliefries.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mark.Jeloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930793778432645542noreply@blogger.com0