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AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose as a raft of merger and acquisition stories fuelled positive sentiment, but equities slumped in Istanbul amid political turmoil, dealers said Monday.

Reuters - Consumer electronics retailer
RadioShack Corp. said on Monday that first-quarter net
profit rose fivefold, helped by lesser expenses and an increase
in interest income and shares rose 5.7 percent.

Reuters - Verizon Communications on Monday
reported a fall in first-quarter profit due to discontinued
operations, although profit from continuing operations rose in
line with expectations amid strong wireless and Internet
growth.

Economic deprivation, social exclusion and family breakdown are often cited
as the underlying reasons for why increasing numbers of young British Muslim
men are driven into religious extremism.

Reuters - Tyson Foods Inc , the largest
U.S. meat producer, reported a second-quarter profit versus a
year-ago loss, due to better results in all of its meat
segments, including beef, which had an operating loss a year
ago.

Reuters - Kellogg Co. , the world's largest
maker of breakfast cereal, reported higher quarterly earnings
on Monday due to stronger sales of cookies, crackers and snacks
and a weaker U.S. dollar that helped boost international
results.

Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL_w.N) emerged
from bankruptcy on Monday, after completing a $3 billion
restructuring over the past 19 months.