  | | | | MIAMI/ATLANTA (Reuters) - Officials in three states are pushing back against the U.S. government's attempt to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways to create the world's biggest airline, saying the combined company would benefit their local economies. | | | | | (Reuters) - Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc has given potential buyers, including Amgen Inc, access to trial data on its new cancer drug, removing a key hurdle that was holding up deal talks, according to three people familiar with the matter. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has hired three banks to advise on the listing of Euronext, whose sale is crucial to its $8.2 billion takeover of NYSE Euronext , three sources familiar with the situation said. | | | | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online retailers JustFab and ShoeDazzle are making a bigger-is-better play and merging in an effort to grow faster, the companies said Wednesday. | | | |  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms group America Movil said it has put in place financing to buy the rest of Dutch group KPN even though its offer may be too late to influence the sale of KPN's German unit in October. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - British lender Lloyds Banking Group has sold German life insurer Heidelberger Leben to private equity group Cinven and reinsurer Hannover Re for around 300 million euros ($400 million), raising hopes that the state-rescued bank is moving closer to restoring its dividend. | | | | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai-based Arabtec Holdings is considering a merger with the largest contractors in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to create a pan-Gulf construction firm, the firm's chief executive said. | | | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - New China Trust, which was leading a consortium of Chinese investors in a $4.8 billion bid for American International Group Inc's (AIG) aircraft-leasing unit, pulled out of the deal in May, a person familiar with the situation said. | | |  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dutch telecoms group KPN invited its shareholders to vote on October 2 on the proposed sale of its German unit E-Plus, the group said on Wednesday. | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc's chairman, founder and top shareholder Leonard Riggio said on Tuesday he has suspended his efforts to make an offer for the company's retail business. | | | |  |  | | | 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 | |
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