U.K. Stocks Retreat, Led By British Airways; Legal & General Shares Drop

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks declined, snapping a two-
day rally, paced by British Airways Plc and EasyJet Plc as oil
traded near a 10-month high and Britain raised its terror alert.

Legal & General Plc and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group
Plc led insurers lower on concern claims tied to floods in the
U.K. will rise. Cadbury Schweppes Plc retreated following
speculation Kraft Foods Inc. will buy rival Group Danone SA's LU
cookie unit. BG Group Plc climbed with the price of oil.


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European Stocks May Rise; BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Cadbury May Advance

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks may gain, led by BHP
Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group, after copper prices rose.

Cadbury Schweppes Plc will probably rally on a report that
India's Tata Group may be prepared to invest more than $2 billion
in a bid with Blackstone Group LP and Lion Capital LLP for a
stake in Cadbury's U.S. drinks unit.


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