1.   Both companies have seen their shares surge recently amid optimism that the economy is still strong and people are still spending money.

2.   Its shares surge in London trading.

3.   Share prices surge as U.S.-led military forces push Iraq out of Kuwait, oil prices fall and the Federal Reserve pushes down rates.

4.   That rally has rewarded investors and traders in the markets as well as companies, which have seen their share prices surge.

5.   The artificially low pricing ensures that shares surge in early trading, and that allows substandard companies to raise capital by selling shares.

6.   The result surprised the market and accounted for the share surge, said Heino Ruland, chief of German equities at Societe Generale.

7.   Time Warner Inc., Allstate Corp., Oxford Health Plans Inc. and Inso Corp. saw their shares surge after posting stronger-than-expected earnings.

8.   Unilever, which has seen its shares surge in both Amsterdam and London this year, also proposed a four-for-one stock split.

9.   Walters said the share surge skewed calculations of the value of each company, which would determine what each shareholder gets for their shares in the merged entity.

10.   While not ruling out a bid, Clark said the extent of the share price surge probably had more to do with a shortage in the stock.