After the company reported a $69 million loss for its fiscal first quarter, investors might welcome such a move.

Far from being unnerved by these gamblers, small investors welcomed them as public benefactors who considerately kept prices high.

Mr. Kessel said investors would welcome the bond issue, the largest in American history.

Major institutional investors in the Italian banks welcomed the combinations.

Foreign investors should welcome this as a very positive long-term step against clan-like control of the economy and in favour of more competition.

Not all investors welcome that approach.

U.S. stocks started the week higher Tuesday, as investors welcomed several signs of improving global economic growth.

Following the founding of the mutual fund in 1924, investors welcomed the innovation with open arms and invested in this new investment vehicle heavily.

And investors around the world, they say, may welcome a strong new currency that can diversify portfolios.

Shares in the company closed up 12.7 - or 11.44pc - at 123.7p in London as investors and analysts welcomed the news.