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Missouri governor veto of farmland bills could hamper Smithfield sale to China

July 2 - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed two bills on Tuesday that would have would have cleared the way for foreign ownership of farmland and potentially eliminated obstacles to Smithfield Foods Inc's planned $4.7 billion purchase by a Chinese company.

Stocks, Regulatory News, M&A, Markets, Industrials, Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods, Financials 5:32pm EDT

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

July 2 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:

M&A, Markets, Bonds News, Bonds, Financials 4:01pm EDT

A. Schulman drops bid for Ferro, shares fall

July 2 - Chemical maker A. Schulman Inc said it dropped its bid for Ferro Corp, about four months after it had offered $563 million for its smaller rival.

Stocks, M&A, Markets, Earnings, Technology 1:43pm EDT

UPDATE 2-American Realty seeks No.2 spot in net leases with $3.1 bln buy

* ARCT shareholders to get $30/share in cash or 2.05 shares of ARCP

Stocks, M&A, Bonds News, Bonds, Markets, Earnings, Financials 10:52am EDT

UPDATE 1-American Greetings founding family sweetens go-private offer

July 2 - American Greetings Corp's founding family raised for the third time its offer to take the gift card maker private, sending the company's shares up 5 percent in early trading.

Stocks, M&A, Markets 10:19am EDT

Founding family raises offer to take American Greetings private

July 2 - American Greetings Corp's founding family raised its offer to take the gift card maker private, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday, sending the company's shares up 4 percent in premarket trading.

Stocks, M&A, Markets 9:02am EDT

BRIEF-saint-Gobain shares open down after U.S opposes Ardagh's deal

PARIS, July 2 - Saint-Gobain: * Saint-gobain shares open down 1.5 percent after U.S opposes

Stocks, Regulatory News, M&A, Markets 3:05am EDT

UPDATE 6-Zynga, seeking salvation, names Microsoft Xbox head as CEO

* Zynga business model flailing due to rise of mobile games

Markets, Cyclical Consumer Goods, Industrials, Technology, Stocks, M&A, Media 12:17am EDT

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UPDATE 1-Australia's Brambles to float $2 bln data management unit

* Spin-off comes a year after scrapping the sale of Recall

Stocks, M&A, Markets, Earnings, Basic Materials, Cyclical Consumer Goods, Industrials 01 Jul 2013

PRESS DIGEST - British Business - July 2

July 2 - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Stocks, Regulatory News, M&A, Markets, Airlines, Media 01 Jul 2013

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McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum

These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.