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Oracle to buy internet infrastructure provider Dyn

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Business software maker Oracle Corp said on Monday it would buy Dyn, a monitor of global internet performance and traffic, to allow cloud customers to optimize their infrastructure costs and increase web-driven revenue.

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Novartis buys U.S. blood disease drugmaker in $665 million deal 9:00am GMT

ZURICH Novartis is buying U.S.-based Selexys Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth up to $665 million, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday, expanding its pipeline of medicines to combat blood diseases.

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U.S. fears over sensitive compound hits Chinese bid for Aixtron 2:26pm GMT

FRANKFURT/BERLIN Concerns over China gaining access to the secrets of producing a little known material used in military equipment appear to be behind the U.S. block on a 670 million-euro ($713 million) Chinese bid for German chip equipment maker Aixtron .

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Exclusive: China's Anbang may buy $2.3 billion in Japanese property from Blackstone - sources 10:31am GMT

TOKYO China's Anbang Insurance Group Co [ANBANG.UL] is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets from Blackstone Group , two people involved in the discussions said, in what would be Japan's biggest property deal since the global financial crisis.

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AT&T signs on Fox for DirectTV Now 8:46pm GMT

AT&T has signed a deal with Fox Networks Group to continue showing its networks across its offerings including its online video service, DirectTV Now, the two companies announced on Monday.

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Nissan to sell 41 percent stake in Calsonic Kansei to KKR: Nikkei 8:42pm GMT

Nissan Motor Co will sell 41 percent of its stake in auto parts supplier Calsonic Kansei Corp to U.S. buyout firm KKR & Co , the Nikkei reported.

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Beijing Soft Rock scraps asset-swap deal with Dalian Wanda 11:22am GMT

HONG KONG Beijing Soft Rock Investment Group said on Monday it had scraped an asset-swap deal with Dalian Wanda Group, which is seeking a backdoor listing for its commercial property business in Shanghai.

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NBCUniversal invests $200 million more in BuzzFeed 8:14pm GMT

Online media company BuzzFeed, best known for its list-based articles and quizzes, said Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal had invested an additional $200 million in the company.

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Russian tycoon could take control of Turkcell: source 3:45pm GMT

ISTANBUL Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman could take control of Turkcell after fellow shareholder Cukurova failed to declare an intent to buy a disputed 13.2 percent stake by a court deadline, a source close to the matter said on Monday.

Blockchain startup R3 cuts fund-raising target to $150 million: source 8:11pm GMT

NEW YORK Blockchain company R3 CEV has reduced the amount it aims to raise from bank members in its first large round of equity funding to $150 million from $200 million and is changing the structure of the deal, according to a person familiar with the plans.