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	Click to View in Browser 07/31/2013 U.S. ruling could delay Fiat's Chrysler buyout MILAN (Reuters) - A ruling by a U.S. judge risks delaying Fiat's plan to buy up all of Chrysler unless it can reach an out-of-court settlement with a healthcare trust that is a minority shareholder in the U.S. group. Schneider Electric agrees $5.2 billion takeover of Invensys PARIS (Reuters) - France's Schneider Electric is to buy British engineer Invensys for an agreed 3.4 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) to strengthen its high-margin industrial automation business and win more custom in the fast-growing energy sector. Panasonic: in talks with potential partners to sell part of healthcare unit TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp said on Wednesday it is in talks with various potential partners to sell a part of its healthcare unit, through which it could raise as much as $1 billion. Ackman buys 9.8 percent stake in Air Products (Reuters) - Activist investor William Ackman said his Pershing Square Capital Management has acquired a 9.8 percent stake in Air Products & Chemicals Inc , one week after the industrial gas producer adopted a poison pill takeover defense. StanBank to sell London unit to ICBC for over $500 million: sources JOHANNESBURG/HONG KONG (Reuters) - South Africa's Standard Bank is in talks to sell its markets business in London to its biggest shareholder Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for more than $500 million, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. DBS pulls the plug on Bank Danamon deal SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd said it would not pursue a $7.2 billion takeover of Indonesia's PT Bank Danamon , a deal that had been stuck in limbo after regulators threw a spanner in the process. German TV maker Loewe teams up with China's Hisense FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German high-end TV maker Loewe AG on Wednesday said it had struck a strategic partnership with China's Hisense International Co., Ltd , sending Loewe's shares up by nearly one third. ZestFinance raises $20 million from Thiel Capital SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - ZestFinance, a company that licenses out its technology to minimize the risks in making loans, is getting a cash infusion from an entrepreneur who figured out how to make money transfers on the Internet: PayPal's Peter Thiel. Cubist to pay up to $1.6 billion for two antibiotics makers (Reuters) - Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc has agreed to pay up to $1.6 billion for Trius Therapeutics Inc and Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc, expanding its heft in antibiotics at a time when the number of drug-resistant viruses are on the rise. Accenture in talks to acquire rival Booz & Co: WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Management consulting firm Accenture Plc is in talks to acquire rival Booz & Co, a deal that would beef up its strategy and operations consulting services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Related Video Reuters Breakingviews China corporate sleuths go from hunter to hunted? Related News U.S. growth likely eased in second-quarter, but poised to rebound U.S. mortgage applications fall as rates remain unchanged: MBA A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend