Market rumours that rival firms were looking to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson sent shares in the FTSE 250-listed company shooting up from 21p to 602p yesterday.
Reports in several newspapers - including last night's Evening Standard and today's Daily Mail - speculated US firms Marsh & McLennan and Aon were in the running to buy the insurance broker and emp...
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