Bloomberg.com: Germany

Bloomberg.com: Germany: "Linde AG (LIN GY), a maker of industrial gases and forklifts, climbed 1.90 euros, or 3.2 percent, to 61.11 euros after a Deutsche Bank report said that a merger between the company and U.K. rival BOC Group Plc is possible.

``The only large-scale merger that could be done without incurring significant antitrust overlaps'' would be between BOC and Linde, Deutsche analysts including Tim Jones wrote today in the research report."