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	Click to View in Browser 12/26/2013 SoftBank in talks to acquire T-Mobile, discussing funding: sources TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc and is discussing funding for a deal with financial institutions, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. Brazil OSX reaches $1.5 billion deal on OGX contracts termination RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - OSX Brasil SA will take a 7.0 percent stake in sister company Óleo e Gás Participações SA after agreeing to convert $1.5 billion of debt into stock, a step key to help the ailing oil producer exit bankruptcy. Woodside stake may be split if Shell sells out LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's 23.1 percent stake in Australian oil and gas group Woodside Petroleum is seen as more likely to be split up and/or sold to institutional shareholders than to go in one piece to a strategic buyer, bankers said. Slovenian beer turns sour as state fire sale looms LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A decade ago, with Slovenia cruising towards membership of the European Union, a local brewery called Union caught the eye of Belgian beer giant Interbrew. BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn's makeover gambit TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Foxconn's BlackBerry Ltd deal marks the Taiwanese firm's biggest step up the value chain - a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but help design them, too. KKR raises first real estate fund (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR & Co LP said on Tuesday it had raised a $1.5 billion real estate fund, its first dedicated investment pool for the asset class, which is rebounding in the United States amid a modest economic recovery. Unipol receives offer for $2 billion insurance business up for sale MILAN (Reuters) - Italian insurer Unipol said it had received an offer to buy the insurance business with 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) worth of premiums which it must sell to meet conditions set by the local competition watchdog to clear its merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI . Exclusive: Carlyle near deal to buy J&J diagnostics unit - sources NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is nearing an agreement to acquire Johnson & Johnson's ortho clinical diagnostics unit, four people familiar with the matter said on Monday, in a deal expected to be worth around $4 billion. KKR to invest C$250 million in Torq Energy Logistics TORONTO (Reuters) - Torq Energy Logistics, an affiliate of privately held Torq Transloading Inc, said on Tuesday that private equity firm KKR & Co has agreed to invest C$250 million ($236 million) to fund Torq's capital program and acquisition strategy. Shareholders offer to take China's Noah Education private (Reuters) - Chinese education company Noah Education Holdings Ltd said it received an offer from some shareholders to take the company private for about $105 million. Related Video Turkish ministers quit Housing market holds up Related News U.S. manufacturing, housing data buoy economic outlook U.S. new home sales fall modestly from five-year peak, prices up 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