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Etisalat makes top bid for Vivendi's Maroc Tel: sources
PARIS/LONDON - Gulf telecom operator Etisalat has offered a higher price for Vivendi's Maroc Telecom stake than rival Qatari bidder Ooredoo, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive: Malaysia tycoon plans IPO of football club Cardiff City - sources
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of British soccer team Cardiff City for as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal that would follow the team's recent promotion to the Premier League.
Royal Mail sounds out market for £1.5 billion IPO loan
LONDON - Banks have been asked to gauge by the end of this week the appetite for a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.26 billion) syndicated loan to back the planned privatization of Britain's Royal Mail Group , banking sources said.
Dai-ichi expands in Southeast Asia with Panin Life deal: source
TOKYO - Japan's Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd has agreed to buy a 40 percent stake in Panin Life from the parent of the Indonesian insurer for around 30 billion yen ($295 million), a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Bankia nears sale of Florida bank for $900 million: source
MADRID - Spanish nationalized lender Bankia is close to completing the sale of City National Bank of Florida for about $900 million, a banking source involved in the negotiations said.
ING's South Korean unit sale attracts three bids after delay
SEOUL/HONG KONG - Dutch bank ING has attracted two more bidders for its South Korean insurance business, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, taking the total number to three and raising the chances of a successful deal after an earlier sale fell through.
Orascom Telecom closer to delisting after stock tender-source
CAIRO/MOSCOW - Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OTH) is closer to being delisted, sources said on Friday, after holders of around 10 percent of its stock agreed to be bought out.
Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid
NEW YORK - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.
Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about $1 billion: report
- Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Sprint, SoftBank complete U.S. state regulatory review process
NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel and SoftBank Corp said on Thursday they had received all necessary state regulatory approvals for the Japanese company's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of 70 percent of Sprint.
- Finance: Caixabank to sell stake in Carlos Slim's Inbursa
- Technology: Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources
- Healthcare: Elan rejects Royalty's $6.4 billion raised offer
- Consumer: Apax Partners to take rue21 private in $1.1 billion deal
- Energy: India's Essar Oil to sign $1 billion debt-for-fuel deal with China
- Industrials: Dover to spin off communication businesses
- M&A: RPT-UPDATE 2-News Corp's publishing business to initiate stock buyback
- Bankruptcy: Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker -sources
- IPOs: BRIEF-Lombard Medical tech to raise 21 mln stg through placing, subscription
- Private Capital: UPDATE 2-ING's S.Korean unit sale attracts three bids after delay
- Hedge Funds: Toscafund bullish on UK economy and stock market
- Regulatory: BRIEF-Barrick Gold, Silver Wheaton shares halted, news pending
- Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions - Reuters
- Exclusive: Malaysia tycoon plans IPO of football club Cardiff City - sources - Fox Business
- Saks at Priciest Means KKR Mulls Neiman Merger: Real M&A - Bloomberg
- Nomura, Morgan Stanley Said to Be Lead Banks for Suntory IPO - Bloomberg
- Activists rally against potential LA Times sale to Koch brothers - Los Angeles Times
- Royal Mail sounds out market for £1.5 billion IPO loan - Reuters
- Bankia nears sale of Florida bank for $900 million: source - Reuters
- New shows going on sale: The Wanted, Howie Mandel, Styx, more - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
- Fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two arrests
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- Security services in spotlight after soldier murder
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- BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire
- Analysis - German economy to pick up but fall short of traditional pace
- Taliban attack U.N. compound in Afghan capital - police
- North Korea says will take 'positive steps' for peace
- Academics back BP's fight to cap oil spill payouts
- UK may be three quarters of the way through debt purge - Fisher
- Banks in the spotlight in debate over UK listing rules



