1.   And takeover fever is sweeping the securities business.

2.   Higher crude prices combined with takeover fever among Canadian energy companies helped ignite oil stocks.

3.   Markets Stocks posted modest gains, bolstered by takeover fever among drug stocks and renewed interest in semiconductor stocks.

4.   Meantime, takeover fever has hit the computer industry.

5.   Takeover fever broke out this week, and the stock market did little more than blink an eye.

6.   Takeover fever could also spread to the food industry.

7.   Takeover fever spread beyond technology.

8.   Takeover fever could also extend to the pharmaceuticals industry, Bretteil said.

9.   The announcement in late afternoon trading cast a shadow over the takeover fever, which until the slump had seen Ladbroke Group Plc leading gainers.

10.   German banks also rose with Commerzbank stealing the limelight as takeover fever gripped the sector.