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Vodafone: Buy

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City analysts raised fresh doubts about whether Vodafone will sell its 45 per cent stake in the US mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, even as talk of a possible offer grew yesterday.

Vodafone has insisted that it is happy to retain its 45 per cent shareholding in its American joint venture, Verizon Wireless, and that shareholders in the British mobile giant should be patient about its future.

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The City was piling into Vodafone again today and it wasn't because of the FTSE 100 titan's new contract to supply smartphones to New Zealand's police officers. Welcome though the news may be to the Kiwi law enforcement fraternity, Voda has been the blue-chip story of the week for other reasons: namely speculation over its 45 per cent stake in United States operator Verizon Wireless.

As the benchmark index soared to a new, five-year high, telecoms giant Vodafone got cut off. Its shares were the worst performer on the blue-chip listing as the City took in a 42-page diatribe from Bernstein Research on why it is time to sell the phone group shares.

Punters were dialling up their brokers to buy shares in Vodafone today after a decree from American hedge fund star David Einhorn.

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