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	Click to View in Browser 05/31/2013 Banks said to lend China's Shuanghui $7 billion for Smithfield deal HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bank of China and Morgan Stanley have combined to provide $7 billion of loans to finance Shuanghui International's record deal to buy U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods , people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Dell to hold shareholder meeting on proposed buyout July 18 (Reuters) - Dell Inc said it will hold a special meeting for shareholders on July 18 to vote on a proposed $24.4 billion buyout led by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell. Renault says held Mitsubishi cooperation talks in past PARIS (Reuters) - Renault on Friday said it had held limited talks with Mitsubishi Motors about potential cooperation which had not resulted in an agreement. TUI Travel picks Boeing for 60-plane order worth $6 billion LONDON (Reuters) - British travel firm TUI Travel agreed to buy 60 mid-range Boeing jets with an option for 90 more, moving to make its fleet more fuel-efficient and delivering the U.S. planemaker a big contract win over European rival Airbus. Metro says not interested in Rewe consumer electronics chain DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Metro , the owner of Europe's largest chain of consumer electronics stores, is not interested in a complete takeover of German rival ProMarkt, it said on Friday. Smiths Group confirms approach for medical unit LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Smiths Group said on Friday it had received an approach for its medical division, which sources have said could be worth more than 2 billion pounds ($3 billion). American Realty Capital Properties to buy $807 million GE Capital portfolio (Reuters) - American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP) said it would buy an $807 million property portfolio from GE Capital as the U.S. real estate investment trust expands in the net-lease sector where tenants pay most of the operating costs. India's Sun Pharma in talks to buy Sweden's Meda for $5-$6 billion: sources (Reuters) - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Swedish drugmaker Meda AB for between $5 billion and $6 billion to boost its generics business in developed markets, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Carlyle, Advent, others in hunt for HP's MphasiS stake: sources MUMBAI (Reuters) - Private equity giants Carlyle Group LP and Blackstone Group LP as well as Indian outsourcers L&T Infotech and Tech Mahindra Ltd, are lining up bids for Hewlett-Packard Co's $1 billion stake in India's MphasiS Ltd, several sources involved in the process said. Marine Harvest dangles prospect of higher bid for Cermaq OSLO (Reuters) - Marine Harvest , the world's biggest fish farmer, slightly raised its offer for rival Cermaq on Friday to 9.9 billion crowns ($1.7 billion), saying it would have bid more had it got the backing of Cermaq's board. Related Video Merkel tells Hollande to speed up reforms Ex-Microsoft exec plans marijuana brand Related News First quarter GDP revised slightly lower; austerity bites Jobless claims unexpectedly rise, but still within 2013 range 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