Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,307.20	-80.41	-0.52%
S&P 500	1,655.35	-13.81	-0.83%
Nasdaq	3,463.30	-38.82	-1.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,307.20

-80.41

-0.52%

S&P 500

1,655.35

-13.81

-0.83%

Nasdaq

3,463.30

-38.82

-1.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,835.01	+13.36	0.47%
FTSE 100	6,840.27	+36.40	0.53%
DAX	8,530.89	+58.69	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,835.01

+13.36

0.47%

FTSE 100

6,840.27

+36.40

0.53%

DAX

8,530.89

+58.69

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,749.50	+122.27	0.78%
Hang Seng	22,817.00	-444.11	-1.91%
S&P/ASX 200	5,081.80	-83.57	-1.62%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,749.50

+122.27

0.78%

Hang Seng

22,817.00

-444.11

-1.91%

S&P/ASX 200

5,081.80

-83.57

-1.62%

Marks & Spencer May Attract Takeover Bid, Sunday Telegraph Says

By Clementine Fletcher - 2012-08-05T12:12:05Z

Marks & Spencer Group Plc (MKS) has become the subject of takeover considerations, with banks in London studying the prospect of financing a bid, the Sunday Telegraph reported, without saying where it obtained the information.

Institutions including Bank of America Corp. (BAC)’s Merrill Lynch unit have assessed whether they could offer debt financing for an approach for the retailer, the newspaper said. An unidentified private-equity company is weighing a takeover of the company, the newspaper said, citing a person familiar with the considerations.

A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer declined to comment today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Clementine Fletcher in London at cfletcher5@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Celeste Perri at cperri@bloomberg.net

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