Before the Bell: T-Mobile to buy spectrum licenses from Verizon Wireless

	Click to View in Browser 01/6/2014 T-Mobile to buy spectrum licenses from Verizon Wireless (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc said it would buy spectrum licenses from Verizon Wireless for about $2.4 billion in cash to improve its high-speed wireless services in the United States. Futures gain ahead of data, Europe supports NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged up on Monday, ahead of data on both the services sector and factory goods that could give clues on the momentum of U.S. economic growth early in the new year. Corruption scandal complicates Turkish rate policy as lira slides ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A corruption scandal shaking Turkey's government may delay for many more months a tightening of monetary policy that would stabilize inflation and stop the lira from plumbing record lows. Men's Wearhouse turns hostile in pursuit of Jos. A. Bank (Reuters) - Men's Wearhouse Inc mounted a hostile $1.61 billion bid for Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc in an attempt to break the resistance of its smaller rival and pacify investor demand for a merger of the suit retailers. Decent end to 2013 for global services but uneven LONDON (Reuters) - Service industry growth slowed sharply in China as 2013 drew to a close but picked up across most of Europe, suggesting still very uneven global economic performance even as most signs point to a strengthening U.S. revival. Global IT spending to rise 3.1 percent in 2014: analysts LONDON (Reuters) - Worldwide IT spending will grow by 3.1 percent to $3.8 trillion this year after a broadly flat 2013 and will be driven by businesses starting to harness 'big data' garnered from smartphones and other devices, analysts Gartner said on Monday. Insight: Guggenheim Partners wins bond investors, looks to Europe next NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial services firm Guggenheim Partners has attracted attention recently for its involvement in high profile deals: it led a group of investors in buying the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and helped engineer Verizon's $130 billion acquisition of Verizon Wireless. China makes fresh bid to curb shadow banking, contain debt risk BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's cabinet has published guidelines strengthening regulation of risky off-balance-sheet lending in a new effort to address growing financial risks from an explosion in debt. Deutsche Bank hires Goldman Sachs's Malaysia head: sources SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG has hired Goldman Sachs's Malaysia head of corporate finance in a push to secure more business in one of the region's more vibrant IPO markets, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Ford revs up in China, roars past Toyota and Honda BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. and its local partners boosted sales in China by nearly 50 percent last year, nudging past Japanese giants Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to make big inroads into the world's largest auto market. Related Video Spain auto industry to drive growth Ethiopian garment industry thrives Global Investing Pimco Total Return has record $41.1 billion outflow in 2013: Morningstar Carlyle unveils its first mutual funds 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