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Centex shares jump after Pulte buy

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Wed Apr 8, 2009 7:35am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Centex jumped 23 percent to $9.40 in premarket trade on Wednesday after the company agreed to be acquired by Pulte Homes for $1.3 billion in stock.

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(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Theodore d'Afflisio)
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