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	Click to View in Browser 12/18/2013 Al Jazeera weighs bid for stake in $1 billion Turkish pay-TV company DUBAI/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Qatari-backed broadcaster Al Jazeera is considering a bid for a majority stake in Turkish pay-TV company Digiturk to boost its soccer offering ahead of the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, banking sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. Centrica sells Texas power stations to Blackstone for $685 million LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Centrica said it would sell its Texas gas-fired power stations to Blackstone for $685 million in cash and return the proceeds to investors by extending its share buyback program. Norwegian Air signs deal for two more Boeing Dreamliners OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Air is buying another two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, seeing the aircraft's technical advances as outweighing its operating problems as the budget carrier expands in long-haul services. Exclusive: Private equity firm Ares rejects pitches to do IPO soon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ares Management LLC has been pitched on the idea of an initial public offering for the past year, but the firm that had been widely expected to be the next among major private equity firms to go public has no plans to pull the trigger just yet. Shareholders of South Africa's Adcock delay vote on CFR deal until January JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shareholders of South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram agreed on Wednesday to postpone a vote on a sweetened $1.2 billion takeover offer from Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals to next month. AT&T to sell Connecticut wireline assets to Frontier for $2 billion (Reuters) - AT&T Inc, the biggest U.S. phone company, said on Tuesday that it would sell its wireline operations in Connecticut to regional telephone operator Frontier Communications for $2 billion in cash, to help fund network upgrades. Owner of Colombia's Avianca eyes Alitalia, LOT takeovers: report WARSAW/BOGOTA (Reuters) - The owner of Colombian airline Avianca is considering taking over Italian airline Alitalia or Polish state-owned LOT to boost his presence in Europe, he was quoted as saying in a Polish newspaper on Tuesday. Ireland's Ardagh in talks with U.S. on Verallia deal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Irish packaging company Ardagh Group SA is in settlement talks aimed at saving a proposed $1.7 billion deal to buy the U.S. business of Saint-Gobain unit Verallia in time to meet a mid-January deadline, according to court documents. Omnicom, Publicis to win EU okay for $35 billion merger BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Omnicom and Publicis will win unconditional European Union regulatory approval for their $35.1 billion merger to create the world's biggest advertising agency, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Elsztain and Ben-Moshe to take control of Israel's IDB TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Argentinian businessman Eduardo Elsztain and his Israeli partner Moti Ben-Moshe won ownership of IDB Holding Corp on Tuesday after an Israeli court approved their rescue plan for the highly indebted conglomerate. Related Video Breakingviews: Russia's lifeline will only fuel protests Escaping the shadow of Australia's commodities giants Related News Fed faces tough call on bond buying as economy strengthens U.S. budget deal clears crucial vote in Senate 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