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Tuesday 22 October 2013 8:32 pm

Spain’s FCC soars after Bill Gates buys stake

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SHARES in Spanish builder FCC surged 13 per cent to an 18-month high yesterday after the company said late on Monday that Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, had become its second largest shareholder. The debt-laden construction company said Gates had bought six per cent of the firm for €113.5m.

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