Business Today: Verizon and Vodafone agree $130 billion Wireless deal

	Click to View in Browser 09/2/2013 Verizon and Vodafone agree $130 billion Wireless deal LONDON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Verizon Communications agreed on Monday to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone out of its U.S. wireless business, signing history's third largest corporate deal to bring an end to an often fractious 14-year marriage. Stock futures up, Treasuries futures slip as Syria fears ebb NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday and Treasuries futures slipped as worries about an imminent Western military strike against Syria ebbed. Factory growth lifts shares as Syria risk eases LONDON (Reuters) - A delay in potential U.S. military action in Syria and improving economic data from China and Europe lifted world share markets on Monday and sent safe-haven government bonds, gold and the Japanese yen lower. For Verizon advisers, huge payoff after waiting a decade NEW YORK (Reuters) - It has been a 10-year-long wait for bankers advising Verizon Communications Inc on its $130 billion deal to take complete control of Verizon Wireless, but their patience will yield both handsome fees and bragging rights. Private equity firms in running for Spain's EVO Banco: FT MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group Centerbridge and London-based Anacap are among the bidders in late-stage talks to buy one of Spain's smaller nationalized lenders, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Vittorio Colao caps Vodafone revamp with U.S. megadeal PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Vittorio Colao, the urbane Italian boss of Vodafone , believes that negotiating major deals is an art whose finest practitioners know how to wield power and resist pressure. Mexico's America Movil: Hybrid bond aims to help rating MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A three-part sterling and euro hybrid bond that Mexico's America Movil announced on Monday is aimed at preserving the company's credit rating and not linked to any particular pending deals, Chief Financial Officer Carlos Garcia Moreno said. ThyssenKrupp denies report it may scrap Steel Americas sale FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's ThyssenKrupp has denied a media report that it planned to scrap the sale of its Steel Americas business, the loss-making unit it has tried for more than a year to offload. Vodafone to return $84 billion to investors after Verizon deal LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone said its shareholders would receive about $84 billion in cash and shares after the company completes the sale of its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications for $130 billion. After $130 billion deal, Colao says 'super committed' to Vodafone's next chapter LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said on Monday he was committed to the next stage in the mobile operator's history after pulling off the $130 billion sale of the group's stake in U.S. operator Verizon Wireless . Related Video Verizon & Vodafone seal $130bln deal Football's first 100-million-euro player Economic News Syria vote complicates U.S. fiscal debate; stop-gap more likely Weak spending, inflation data point to soft U.S. economy 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