Mergers & Acquisitions
Topics also related to M&A:
Glencore to lay out Xstrata merger plans
* Glencore unlikely to increase offer in circular - analysts
UPDATE 4-Canada lifts threshold for foreign takeover reviews
* Deals' worth based on enterprise value, not book value (Adds comments, background)
UPDATE 2-HSBC sees "no big deals" as pay row fizzles
* HSBC says 10.2 pct vote against pay plan, 13.7 pct inc abstentions
UPDATE 1-Tide turning against Resolution's offshore set-up
* New rules on externally managed companies expected July (adds CEO comment)
UPDATE 3-Putin tells Shtokman gas partners to hurry up
* Putin says partners should "move actively" (Recasts with Putin, Statoil, Gazprom quotes)
UK's Cameron defends role in Murdoch takeover deal
LONDON, May 25 - British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls to fire his Culture Minister on Friday after a public inquiry heard how the minister had ignored warnings from staff to lend his support to a major Rupert Murdoch takeover deal.
Cinven seen buying Turkey's Pronet -sources
ISTANBUL, May 25 - Private equity firm Cinven is expected to buy a majority stake in Turkish security systems company Pronet, two sources close to the deal told Reuters on Friday.
Tide turns against Resolution's offshore structure
* New FSA rules on externally managed companies expected in July
Putin says Shtokman partners should speed up project
MOSCOW, May 25 - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged partners in the Shtokman gas project, a Gazprom-led initiative to extract gas from the Arctic seabed, to speed up in making a final investment decision.
UPDATE 3-Lehman to buy rest of Archstone for $1.58 bln
May 25 - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said it would acquire the remaining 26.5 percent of apartment company Archstone that it didn't already own from Barclays Capital and Bank of America Corp for $1.58 billion.
- Finance: IFC plans to invest in Malaysia's Khazanah healthcare arm
- Technology: UPDATE 1-Renesas aims to sell chip plant, shed 12,000 jobs -source
- Healthcare: Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
- Consumer: Italy's RCS picks Microsoft exec for turnaround
- Energy: REFILE-UPDATE 2-Icahn buys Chesapeake stake, seeks board changes
- Industrials: ThyssenKrupp CEO sees Steel Americas loss next year
- Spain's Bankia eyes stake sales after record bailout
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- Lloyd's of London prepares for Greek exit - paper
- Eight Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike
- BOE'S Dale says expects euro zone uncertainty set to continue
- Egypt's two contenders for president vie for votes
- Iran not ready for visit to suspect nuclear site
- SNB considers capital controls if euro falls apart
- Government plans migrant curbs if euro folds - paper
- Greek pro-bailout conservatives regain lead - polls

