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2 Stocks Making The News: Vodafone Group plc And British Sky Broadcasting Group plc

VIDEO: Two Fools discuss news surrounding Vodafone Group plc (LON:VOD) and British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (LON:BSY).

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In this video series, Nate Weisshaar steps in for Chris Nials to ask why particular shares have made headlines in recent days. Under his and analyst Mark Rogers scrutiny this time round are Vodafone (LSE: VOD) (NASDAQ: VOD.US) and BSkyB (LSE: BSY) (NASDAQOTH: BSYBY.US), with AT&T having announced that they are not intending to bid for the former, further fuelling rumours that Vodafone could launch its own takeover bid for BSkyB.

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