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Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJ

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.

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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

- Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.

Analysis: Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting

NEW YORK - With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by countries with no capital markets track record.

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UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms

LONDON - Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's reputation.

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Exclusive: South Africa's NUM seeks 15-60 percent wage rises from gold, coal producers

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate.

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