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September 8, 2010 10:33 AM EDT

 

AIG selling its Asian operations to Britain’s Prudential for $35.5 billion was the lion’s share of the $45 billion in M&A activity for Monday, but the fact that there were four deals made for a positive interpretation. In fact, the small deal interest gave the Russell 2000 quite a boost, up 2.2%, more than double the percent gain on the S & P. We talked about watching the leadership. Tech took its cue from SanDisk, up ... full story >>


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