Olympus shares surge after chief quits

TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus Corp's shares surged in brisk trade on Thursday after its chairman and president quit and his successor said he would explain past M&amp;A deals at the heart of a scandal that wiped out half of the firm's market value.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19978cf9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Olympus+shares+surge+after+chief+quits&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fuk-olympus-stryker-idUKTRE79P7CQ20111027%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Olympus+shares+surge+after+chief+quits&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fuk-olympus-stryker-idUKTRE79P7CQ20111027%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145898845/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19978cf9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145898845/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19978cf9/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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