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Bayer waiting for Monsanto to engage after spurned bid: sources

Bayer, however, has no plans to increase its offer without first reviewing Monsanto's confidential information, the sources said on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the talks. The Leverkusen-based company needs access to Monsanto's books before it can decide whether it can pay

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Exclusive: Amazon is preparing to launch streaming music service – sources

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is preparing to launch a standalone music streaming subscription service, placing it squarely in competition with rival offerings from Apple Inc and Spotify, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Amazon is finalizing licenses with labels for the service, which likely will be launched in late summer or early fall, the sources said. Amazon, which …

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Exclusive: Redstone’s NAI talking to bankers about options for Paramount – sources

Sumner Redstone's National Amusements Inc is consulting investment bankers about strategic options for Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures, including a possible stake sale, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. National Amusements, which controls 80 percent of the voting shares of Viacom, is also keen to extract more value from the film studio's real estate holdings in Los Angeles, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. It is unclear what

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India’s Mallya says willing to reach ‘reasonable’ debt settlement: FT

Mallya, 60, flew first class from Delhi to London on March 2 at a time when the Indian government and mainly state-controlled banks are trying to recover $1.4 billion owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines

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U.S., EU officials say they will not settle for limited trade deal

By David Lawder NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European Union trade officials said on Thursday they would not settle for a limited trans-Atlantic free trade deal that ignores deep divisions on agricultural products, services, public procurement and dispute resolution. In separate briefings during the latest negotiating round in New York, the U.S. and EU officials said they would …

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Exclusive: CBS weighs share options for post-Redstone era – sources

CBS Corp's executives are talking to investment bankers about how their CEO and executive chairman, Les Moonves, can gain more control over the broadcaster after Sumner Redstone dies, or if he is declared mentally incompetent, said two sources familiar with the situation. The New York-based company met with investment banks in recent months to discuss how it could buy CBS's voting shares from Redstone's National Amusements Inc, and collapse CBS's dual-class share structure, the sources told Reuters. CBS and Viacom Inc both …

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Bank of England warns on Brexit risks, tightens buy-to-let lending rules

The Bank of England said on Tuesday that risks around Britain's referendum on the European Union could push up borrowing costs and weaken sterling, and tightened rules for mortgage lending to landlords. The central bank said the outlook for financial stability had worsened since its last quarterly report in November, and also moved ahead with plans to require some banks to hold extra capital as lending growth started to pick up. “The outlook for financial stability in the United…

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Fed’s Williams urges U.S. central bank to stay on track with rate rises

“Others' economic fates do not spell our own,” Williams said in prepared remarks before an audience at the National University of Singapore. The U.S. central bank left interest rates unchanged two weeks ago and signaled its cautiousness by forecasting two further rate hikes this year, down from four at its December meeting, when the Fed raised rates from near zero for the first time in almost a decade.

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Crude prices fall from 2016 highs as U.S. oil rig count rises

Crude oil prices settled lower on Friday after the U.S rig count rose for the first time since December, renewing worries of a supply glut after an output freeze proposal helped boost the market to 2016 highs and multi-week gains. U.S. energy firms this week added one oil rig after 12 weeks of cuts, according to data by industry…

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Six months into ‘Dieselgate’ scandal, gloom deepens in VW’s hometown

By Andreas Cremer WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) – When Martin Winterkorn dropped by to order some new glasses in the Volkswagen company town of Wolfsburg, he was “visibly dejected”, according to his optician. Six months into the “Dieselgate” affair surrounding VW, the mood in Wolfsburg – where almost half the population works at its giant…

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