Bank of Ireland Plc and Allied Irish Banks Plc rose more than 2 percent in Dublin.

都柏林股市方面，爱尔兰银行和爱尔兰联合银行股价涨幅均超过2%。

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European indexes all jumped following strong earnings from pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca PLC, drug and materials company Bayer AG and telecommunications companies BT PLC and France telecom SA.

欧洲几大股指全线上扬，此前英国制药企业阿斯利康公司、德国拜尔公司、英国电信公司和法国电信公司纷纷公布利好财报。

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Bank of Ireland Plc and Allied Irish Banks Plc, the country's two biggest Banks, passed the tests, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

据知情人透露，爱尔兰最大的两家银行爱尔兰央行和爱尔兰联合银行均通过测试。

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For foreign majors like Royal Dutch Shell PLC and BP PLC, their former heartlands in the Gulf sands are now largely off-limits.

WSJ: Big Oil Companies Are Shifting Their Focus Back to the West

Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has decided not to permit the proposed acquisition by Lloyds TSB Group plc (Lloyds TSB) of Abbey National plc (Abbey).

BBC: Patricia Hewitt statement in full

Among the largest underlying components of EZU, in trading today Ryanair Holdings Plc ( NASD: RYAAY) is up about 0.2%, and Prothena Corporation Plc Ord WI ( NASD: PRTA) is lower by about 3.8%.

FORBES: Notable ETF Inflow Detected - EZU, RYAAY, PRTA