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Click to View in Browser 04/30/2012 Analysis: Delta's refinery bid looks better on second glance NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines' expected bid to buy a Pennsylvania oil refinery has had people in both industries joking that a company from the money-losing airline sector would be right at home in the money-losing world of East Coast refining. Energy Transfer Partners to buy Sunoco for $5.3 billion (Reuters) - Pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners LP said it will buy Sunoco Inc for $5.3 billion in stock and cash as part of its plan to focus on transporting more crude oil and refined products amid falling natural gas prices. Microsoft buys stake in Barnes & Noble's digital business (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc's digital and college businesses, valuing them at $1.7 billion. Shares of Barnes & Noble jumped 79 percent. Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu unit: source LONDON (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia is in talks to sell its UK luxury subsidiary Vertu, which hand makes some of the world's most expensive mobile phones, a source familiar with the company's strategy said on Monday. Qatar to co-invest with Barclays resources unit DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar has signed a deal to co-invest $250 million with Barclays' natural resources private equity investment unit, underlining the gas-rich Gulf state's desire to plough some of its commodity wealth back into the sector. Hologic to buy Gen-Probe for $3.75 billion (Reuters) - Hologic Inc said it would acquire Gen-Probe Inc for about $3.75 billion in cash to expand its diagnostic business. First Data buys remaining stake in OmniPay (Reuters) - Credit card processor First Data Corp, a unit of private equity firm KKR , bought the remaining 30 percent stake in payment processor OmniPay from FEXCO. RBS M&A bankers plan boutique spin-off: executive DUBAI (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) business will be spun off into a boutique advisory firm run by some of its current staff, the bank's chief executive for the Middle East and Africa confirmed on Monday. Law firm Dewey dumps executive; talks with rival end NEW YORK (Reuters) - Embattled law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf said on Sunday it removed its former chairman from various leadership positions amid a probe by the Manhattan district attorney and said that talks with rival firm Greenberg Traurig about a potential transaction ended with no deal. Terra Firma agrees to £825 million Four Seasons deal LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group Terra Firma is to buy Britain's biggest care home operator Four Seasons Health Care in a deal worth 825 million pounds ($1.34 billion), hoping to benefit from the long-term growth market in care for the elderly. Related Video Chen: A spoiler for U.S.- China dialogue? Reuters Today: Blind activist row clouds U.S./China talks Related News Small business hiring takes step back in April Williams sees no need for further Fed action: paper 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