| | SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp agreed to buy online social network firm Yammer Inc for $1.2 billion in cash, which will allow the software company to offer a service like Facebook Inc's to corporate customers. | |  | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH gained EU approval on Tuesday to purchase the car service business of U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp for $1.15 billion. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - British oil major BP said it agreed to sell its minority stakes in two North Sea fields to Japanese trading company Mitsui for $280 million, as part of a plan to focus its portfolio in the region on larger scale projects. | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. technology distributor Arrow Electronics secured EU regulatory clearance on Tuesday to buy French-based computing product distributor Altimate for 48.1 million euros ($60 million). | | | | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Malaysia's Genting Group is seeking to increase its stake in Australian casino company Echo Entertainment Group above the 10 percent threshold, a state regulator said on Tuesday. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Falkland Oil & Gas said Italian utility Edison was its new partner, bringing in a large, non-British company to help it look for oil in the UK-governed Falkland Islands, where exploration has angered Argentina. | | | | | | BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev SA's interest in buying the rest of Mexico's Grupo Modelo on Monday warmed investors eager to see fresh consolidation in the global beer market. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Utility companies Duke Energy Corp and Progress Energy said they had accepted the conditions set by the federal regulators related to their proposed $13.7 billion merger. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders are betting Shell will up the stakes in a bid battle for explorer Cove Energy after Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production extended the deadline for investors to accept its $1.9 billion offer. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Quest Software Inc has received an improved bid from Dell Inc to buy the maker of enterprise management software for about $2.32 billion, a source close to the matter said on Monday. | | | |  |  | | | 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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