Buoyant big tech earnings lifted US stocks on Friday while London scaled another peak as investors tracked a series of takeover bids for UK companies.The tech heavy Nasdaq led the way on Wall Street, adding more than two percent as traders shrugged off official data showing that a key measure of inflation favored by the US Federal Reserve had accelerated in March.The broader-based S&P added 1.0 percent while the Dow was 0.4 percent in the green as major European indices also rose.The markets had... Read this story
