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Icahn seeks Dell meeting after securing $5.2 billion for bid

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- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn asked for a meeting with Dell Inc's special board committee after lining up $5.2 billion in loan commitments to back up his bid for a leveraged recapitalization of the personal computer maker.

Japan, Canada investors to buy U.S. power plant for $2 billion: Nikkei 01 Jul 2013

TOKYO - A consortium including Mitsubishi Corp and Japanese and Canadian pension funds will buy a U.S. gas-fired power plant in Michigan this month for nearly 200 billion yen ($2.01 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.

Pfizer, Novartis may join Amgen in bidding for Onyx: sources 01 Jul 2013

NEW YORK - Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc , whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer Inc and Novartis AG , two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Exclusive: State attorneys general probing American, U.S. Airways merger 01 Jul 2013

WASHINGTON - A group of 19 attorneys general, led by Texas, has joined a U.S. Justice Department probe of a planned merger of American Airlines Inc and US Airways Group Inc , three sources close to the discussions told Reuters.

Tribune to buy 19 local TV stations for $2.73 billion 01 Jul 2013

- Tribune Co said on Monday that it would acquire 19 television stations from Local TV Holdings LLC for $2.73 billion in cash, making it the largest TV broadcaster in the United States. | Video

Time Warner said to be near sale of headquarters, move to Hudson Yards 01 Jul 2013

- Time Warner Inc is in talks to buy a new world headquarters by the Hudson River in Manhattan and to sell its current space to real estate developer Related Cos for what could be more than $1.3 billion, two sources said on Monday.

Fiat says has had no alliance talks with Peugeot 01 Jul 2013

MILAN - Fiat was not among potential investors sounded out by PSA Peugeot Citroen's founding family, the Italian carmaker's chairman and controlling shareholder John Elkann said on Monday.

Exclusive: U.S. drug firms vie to take stake in Celesio - sources 01 Jul 2013

FRANKFURT - Two U.S. drugs distribution groups McKesson Corp and Cardinal Health Inc are both in talks to possibly take a stake in German drugs company Celesio , two industry sources familiar with the situation said.

U.S. opposes proposed Ardagh purchase of Saint-Gobain unit 01 Jul 2013

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ireland's Ardagh Group S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of a unit of France's Saint-Gobain that makes glass containers for the U.S. market.

Intuit looks to bounce back with financial services sale 01 Jul 2013

- Intuit Inc will sell its financial services unit to private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC for more than $1.03 billion as part of a plan to shed peripheral assets after a weak tax-filing season, sending its shares up as much as 5 percent.

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