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Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire

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NEW YORK - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and would instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.

Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid: report 18 Jun 2013

- Britain's Vodafone Group Plc has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG, a day after U.S. media group Liberty Global Plc made a rival bid, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the bid.

Icahn seeks Dell share buyback, buys Southeastern stock 18 Jun 2013

- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn promised Dell Inc shareholders that the company would buy back up to $16 billion of stock if they join his campaign to stop the computer maker from going private.

Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit 18 Jun 2013

- Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal 18 Jun 2013

WASHINGTON - Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers.

Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia 18 Jun 2013

NEW YORK - Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia", responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.

Exclusive: Japan's Astellas looks to sell dermatology assets - sources 18 Jun 2013

NEW YORK - Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc is looking to sell its dermatology portfolio, which could be worth between $500 million and $1 billion, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Super fast traders seeking potential merger: WSJ 18 Jun 2013

- Trading firms RGM Advisors LLC and Allston Trading LLC are in early merger discussions to combine their automated trading on stock and futures markets, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, quoting people familiar with the matter.

Sweden selling Nordea stake, could raise $2.8 billion 18 Jun 2013

STOCKHOLM - Sweden is selling a 5.7 percent stake in Nordea , the Nordic region's biggest bank, in a move that may give the center-right ruling coalition some fiscal leeway ahead of an election next year.

Exclusive: SunGard explores $2 billion data unit sale - sources 18 Jun 2013

NEW YORK - SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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