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Stewart Enterprises rises 18% in pre-market after rejecting Service Corp buyout offer

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Dianna Heitz | Jul 14, 2008 9:02am EDT
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Stewart Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq:STEI) is up more than 18% in pre-market trading today after the company announced early this morning it had rejected a buyout offer from Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI). Stewart Enterprises said the offer was inadequate, though the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, Thomson Financial reported.

Stewart Enterprises is a Jefferson, La.-based provider of funeral and cemetery products. Service Corp is a Houston-based network of funeral homes and cemeteries and also provides funeral products.

Ahead of the opening, shares of Stewart Enterprises are at $8.25, up $1.26, or 18.03%, from Friday’s close.

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