National City up on sale talk report

Thu Oct 9, 2008 8:06am EDT
 
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of National City Corp NCC.N jumped nearly 30 percent to $2.89 before the bell on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. regional bank is in sale talks.

The newspaper cited people familiar with the situation.

(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Theodore d'Afflisio)

 
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