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	11/18/2011
Hello Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext will sell some businesses and give rivals access to a major derivatives clearing house in concessions aimed at winning support from antitrust regulators for their $9 billion merger. Suzuki and estranged partner Volkswagen seemed headed for arbitration, after VW once again refused to sell its 20 percent stake back to the Japanese carmaker and end a floundering two-year alliance. Groupon opened the IPO window a crack earlier this month and now companies, including Yelp, Angie's List and even social-gaming giant Zynga, are climbing through it. Simon Johnson in the NYT asks: Why not break up Citigroup? The Investment Banking Scorecard gives an overview of the week in M&A. LATEST NEWS Boerse/NYSE offer concessions for merger approval FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Financial exchanges Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext are offering to sell some businesses and give rivals access to a major derivatives clearing house to win support from antitrust regulators for their $9 billion merger. | Full Article SABMiller, Foster's tweak $10 billion deal on tax ruling November 18, 2011 04:27 AM ET SYDNEY (Reuters) - SABMiller will raise its cash takeover offer for Australia's Foster's Group to A$5.40 a share to make up for the loss of a 30 cents capital return after a tax ruling from Australian authorities. | Full Article Yelp, others dive for IPO window after Groupon November 17, 2011 04:53 PM ET (Reuters) - Groupon Inc opened the IPO window a crack earlier this month and now companies, including Yelp Inc, Angie's List and even social-gaming giant Zynga, are climbing through it, too. | Full Article Dealtalk: Buyers seek debt guarantee for Spanish bank sale November 18, 2011 05:55 AM ET MADRID (Reuters) - The Bank of Spain is considering paying off billions of euros of debt owed by Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM) in an attempt to secure a sale of the failed Spanish savings bank. | Full Article Rio Tinto ups the ante in bid for Canada's Hathor November 17, 2011 05:05 PM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - The battle for a major undeveloped uranium deposit in Canada intensified on Thursday when Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto raised its friendly takeover offer for Hathor Exploration to about C$654 million ($634 million). | Full Article TOP NEWS Wall Street rises at open after losses November 18, 2011 09:36 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks bounced modestly higher at the open on Friday after Europe's debt crisis drove heavy market losses this week, with the S&P 500 possibly facing a key technical test of strength. | Full Article European bank chief urges action on rescue fund November 18, 2011 09:35 AM ET FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi told euro zone governments on Friday to act fast to get their rescue fund up and running, expressing exasperation at their lack of progress in response to an escalating debt crisis. | Full Article Insight: The Wall Street disconnect November 18, 2011 09:34 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a telling moment at the height of the Occupy Wall Street protests. | Full Article Obama opens door to new U.S. ties with Myanmar November 18, 2011 09:28 AM ET NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar, dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a historic visit that could draw the country out of half a century of global isolation. | Full Article Even chance ECB to start printing money: Reuters poll November 18, 2011 04:48 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could soon bow to pressure to print money to prevent a further escalation of the euro zone's debt crisis, with respondents in a Reuters poll giving an even probability the ECB would adopt a policy of quantitative easing. | Full Article TECHNOLOGY NEWS Amazon may launch a smartphone in Q4 2012: report Logitech says was too bullish on Google TV Rambus defeat raises doubts, challenges loyalty Shareholders reduce support for Microsoft CEO Exclusive: Lax security at Nasdaq helped hackers RELATED VIDEO Breakingviews: Lloyds must address its leadership vacuum Spain's olive industry looks overseas to combat crisis Inside the News: Italy unveils new reforms, Spain squeezed A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. 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