loews has been rallying steadily since its june low. loews fourth quarter earnings were much better than predicted, beating the street by 29 cents. investment income helped results. now, loews is a financial conglomerate. it owns 90% of insurer c.n.a. and a majority stake of diamond offshore drilling. loews says diamond has the size to compete with a new deep water energy driller combination. that combination is pride international and ensco. it was one of several deals we mentioned earlier. here's how the market reacted. pride shares shot to 16%, still about $2 below the buyout price. shares dropped here back in the spring and summer thanks to the b.p. oil disaster, but today's rally takes it to a new 52-week high. the buyer, ensco, saw some selling, slipping 4%. just last week, the stock was at a new yearly high. while we're talking about energy, chesapeake staged a breakout rally, jumping 4% as volume tripled. it confirmed plans to sell some assets. and analysts expect it to use the money to pay down debt. that helped raise up its st

the night including a cracker in dortmund it's the battle of europe as germany host italy joachim loew the sides haven't got the best of records against the italians and clashes between the two nations italy have won fourteen games which is twice as many as the germans it's also been almost sixteen years since the jury last tasted defeat to germany the hosts will be without a top scorer mario gomez who's missing with a knee injury but they do have fellow striker model close say he will make his one hundred six international appearance. peter you know we have a negative history against italy the last time we played against each other was in two thousand and six when i was assistant coach and unfortunately we missed a chance to reach the world cup final and italy became world champions and it is correct for germany it's been always very very difficult to play against italy big . germany will take on the italians up the signal i do nest stadium in portland their pitch where the last match between the two sides took place in the two thousand and six world cup the eventual winners beating t

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