Shares in Peppa Pig owner jump 30% after Hasbro's $4 billion offer
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(Reuters) - Shares of Entertainment One rose nearly 30% on Friday, a day after U.S. toy maker Hasbro Inc offered to buy the owner of popular children's television show "Peppa Pig" for about $4 billion (£3.3 billion) in cash.The transatlantic deal gives Hasbro, which has seen growth with Marvel's "Avengers" toys, access to Entertainment One's lucrative infant and preschool market.Brokerage RBC, which raised its price target for Entertainment One, said it was "not ruling out a competing bid,..