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	Click to View in Browser 09/11/2013 Vodafone still short of acceptances as Kabel deadline looms FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Vodafone has secured close to 20 percent of shares in Kabel Deutschland, meaning it needs another 55 percent to be tendered on Wednesday for its 7.7 billion-euro ($10.2 billion) offer for Germany's largest cable company to succeed. Norilsk says not interested in Kerimov's Uralkali stake MOSCOW (Reuters) - Norilsk Nickel , the world's biggest nickel producer, has no interest in buying a 21.75 percent stake in Russian potash company Uralkali owned by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov and is not in talks, the company said on Wednesday. US Airways, American defend planned merger in court filing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Airways defended its proposed merger with American Airlines on Tuesday, arguing that the deal would create $500 million in savings to consumers annually by building a stronger competitor to Delta Air Lines Inc and United Continental. AT&T buys spectrum from Verizon Wireless in $1.9 billion deal (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it acquired spectrum from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion in cash. China to gain solar foothold in EU with Malta stake buy VALLETTA (Reuters) - China Power Investments is to take a minority stake in Malta energy supplier Enemalta Corporation, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Wednesday, in a move that gives the Chinese firm an EU foothold in producing photo-voltaic units. Harvest Natural in talks to sell itself in $373 million deal (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Harvest Natural Resources Inc said it was in exclusive talks to sell itself to Argentina's Pluspetrol in a deal valued at about $373 million including debt. Tesco hands over Fresh & Easy stores to U.S. billionaire LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Tesco is to lend U.S. billionaire Ron Burkle's Yucaipa investment company 80 million pounds ($126 million) to take the loss-making Fresh & Easy stores off its hands, marking the end of a six-year attempt to crack the U.S. market. Twitter buys mobile ads company MoPub for $350 million SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter has bought online mobile-ad exchange MoPub, the company said in a blog post Monday. Synnex buys IBM's customer care BPO services business for $505 million (Reuters) - Hardware distributor Synnex Corp will acquire IBM Corp's worldwide customer care business process outsourcing operations for $505 million. IBM to sell its customer care business to Synnex (Reuters) - IBM said on Tuesday it will sell its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex Corp for $505 million. Related Video China's first Apple launch underwhelms Breakingviews: No profitable recovery for Europe car makers Related News Republican Senator Isakson has concerns about Summers for Fed ECB's Asmussen sees risk of large spillovers from Fed tightening 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