BUZZ-Vodafone rises on renewed Liberty Global speculation
** Vodafone rises 1.4 pct after a report late Wednesday says it has restarted talks with Liberty Global (Frankfurt: A1W0FL - news) http://bit.ly/2nuCxrM
** Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said last month: "Vodafone-Liberty Global is still an attractive combination, especially if the EU wants the creation of a real Pan-European player"
** Colao said, however, there were no active talks
** People familiar with the situation say there is no substance to the latest report that talks were active (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : paul.sandle.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)