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Insight: Security fears dogged Canada debate on China energy bid
OTTAWA - In September, two months after China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd made an unexpected $15.1 billion bid for Canadian energy company Nexen Inc, Canada's spy agency told ministers that takeovers by Chinese companies may threaten national security.
T-Mobile appeal could derail Austria telecom merger: source
VIENNA - T-Mobile Austria plans to appeal against the allocation of radio frequencies that will result from Hutchison Whampoa's takeover of Orange Austria, in a move that could derail the deal.
Xstrata lifts cost estimate for Frieda River copper mine by $300 million
MELBOURNE - Global miner Xstrata Plc has lifted its initial capital spending estimate for the undeveloped Frieda River copper mine in Papua New Guinea by $300 million to $5.6 billion, a minority partner in the project said on Monday.
Dealtalk: "Kamikaze" trades take shine off record Asia equity block deals
HONG KONG - Minutes after the market close on a Tuesday in September, a number of bankers in Asia received a phone call from Temasek Holdings looking to unload a big chunk of shares in Singapore Telecommunications Ltd .
ICE's NYSE swoop creates derivatives giant
LONDON/NEW YORK - IntercontinentalExchange Inc agreed as part of its $8.2 billion takeover of NYSE Euronext to pay the New York Stock Exchange operator a termination fee of $750 million if it fails to gain antitrust clearances, suggesting a high level of confidence the deal will go through.
Exclusive: Gardner Denver-SPX talks end, no deal - source
NEW YORK - Industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc has ended talks with SPX Corp and has invited the private equity firms that had made offers for the company to re-engage in a sale process, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Dish seeks more time to fight Sprint's Softbank, Clearwire deals
NEW YORK - Dish Network has asked the U.S. telecom regulator for more time to file an objection to wireless service provider Sprint Nextel's proposed sale of a controlling stake to Japan's SoftBank Corp due to Sprint's announcement this week of a plan to buy out Clearwire Corp .
Expedia to acquire stake in German hotel site
- Expedia Inc said on Friday it would acquire a 61.6 percent equity stake in trivago, a German search engine that focuses on hotels, for roughly $632 million in cash and common stock, a move that will expand Expedia's European reach.
TJX buys off-price online retailer in e-commerce push
- TJX Cos Inc said it bought Sierra Trading Post, an off-price Internet retailer, for about $200 million, the latest brick-and-mortar store to try to attract customers who shop online via smartphones and tablets.
Pharmacy linked to U.S. meningitis outbreak files for bankruptcy
- The Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday and said it would establish a fund to compensate victims.
- Finance: Risanamento gives U.S. fund more time in Sky Italia talks
- Technology: Cogeco to buy Peer 1 for C$526 million to boost data hosting
- Healthcare: Pharmacy linked to meningitis files for bankruptcy protection
- Consumer: Pinnacle to add eight casino-resorts with $869 million Ameristar buy
- Energy: Three small Canadian oil companies agree to merge
- Industrials: BAE wins $4.1 billion Omani contract
- M&A;: Signa buys buildings leased to Karstadt stores for 1.1 bln eur
- Bankruptcy: MF Global trustee announces settlement deals key to cash payouts
- IPOs: DryShips open to selling drilling unit Ocean Rig - COO
- Private Capital: Apax sells LR Health & Beauty to private equity consortium
- Hedge Funds: Hedge fund Sloane Robinson hit by emerging market slowdown
- Regulatory: UPDATE 1-U.S. gun lobby defends call for armed guards at schools
- New England Compounding Center, Pharmacy Linked To Meningitis Outbreak ... - Huffington Post
- Billabong Gives Buyout Group Access to Data After Review - Bloomberg
- Wasps see off Sale as doubts mount about Danny Cipriani's future - The Guardian
- Steam Holiday Sale day 4: Portal, Saints Row: The Third, Anno 2070 - Joystiq
- Holiday sale on citizenship fails to attract Santa Clara County immigrants - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
- Hedge Fund Investors Have Another Horrible Year -- They'd Be Much Better Off ... - Business Insider
- Pittsburgh PE Shop is Inclined to Make Add-on Deals - Private Equity Hub (press release)
- Aston Martin Vanquish for sale... one former (megalomaniac dictator) owner - The Independent
- Fear, finger-pointing mount over "fiscal cliff"
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- Former President George H.W. Bush remains hospitalized
- Insight: Security fears dogged Canada debate on China energy bid
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- Police probe motive in deadly Pennsylvania shooting spree
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