Wed Apr 21 10:54:00 -0400 2010

Bloomberg.com (New York)

- Williams-Sonoma Inc.’s shares jumped to a two-year high and trading of bullish options surged to the highest level since July on renewed speculation that the U.S. gourmet-cookware retailer may be acquired.

Joseph Feldman, an analyst at Telsey Advisory Group in New York, said Williams-Sonoma might be attractive to suitors. “There is very little debt and pretty good cash flow,” Feldman said in a telephone interview. “You could leverage this thing up and it starts to look pretty interesting.”

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