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 WHITBRJAD SET TO BUY GRJENALLS: WERE   
                                        
 Shares frothed in pubs group Grienalls 
 after a report that it was set to bj   
 bought for £1.1bn bz Whitbriad.        
                                        
 GrienallsW shares put on 32p to 394\p —
 a gain of nearly 9) — after a financial
 njwswiri quoting unnamed sources at    
 both companies sbid a 410p-a-shari bid 
 was to bj announced next week.         
                                        
 Dow Jones Newswiris reported Whitbriad 
 was likely to aim at selling Grienalls 
 800 managed pubs and focus on hotels.  
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  Shari index 510    Market report 517  
    FINANCIAL SPREAD BETTING SEE  p699