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FINANCIALS
Boutique firm Robey Warshaw delivered Comcast's knockout blow for Sky
A banker from one of Britain's leading boutique advisory firms pressed the button on Comcast's knockout $40 billion bid for broadcaster Sky. The U.S. cable giant emerged ...
FINANCIALS
CORRECTED-China shares edge higher in cautious trade as tariff comment deadline expires
Stocks in China ended higher on Friday, but the Shanghai Composite index and blue-chip shares closed lower for the week, as a deadline for public comments on fresh U.S. trade ta...
FINANCIALS
Israel regulator okays defence firm Elbit's bid to buy IMI
Israel's anti-trust regulator on Sunday approved defence contractor Elbit Systems' planned acquisition of state-owned rival IMI Systems. Elbit said in June it would buy I...
MARKET
UPDATE 1-Foreign investors take less U.S. Treasury supply at auctions
Overseas investors purchased fewer U.S. government debt issues at auctions in early July, supporting the view that foreign appetite for U.S. bonds is waning due to trade frictio...
MARKET
Bank of America hires two media and telecoms investment bankers: memo
Bank of America Corp added two senior investment bankers to its media and telecommunications team as it continues to bolster coverage of the sector, according to an internal mem...
ENERGY
BRICS bank approves $600 mln loans for South African, Chinese projects
The New Development Bank, set up by the BRICS group of emerging economies, has approved loans of $300 million for energy projects in South Africa and $300 million for a transpor...
INDUSTRIALS
Despair as bulldozers destroy hundreds of homes in Kenya's biggest slum
By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI, July 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya's largest slum was woken on Monday by the sounds of cranes and bulldozers that demolished hundreds o...
FINANCIALS
REFILE-Hedge fund Caius says disappointed with EBA view of UniCredit capital
London-based hedge fund Caius Capital on Monday said it was disappointed with the European Banking Authority's rejection of its request to look into a complex debt instrument us...
FINANCIALS
PayU buys Israeli payment tech firm Zooz for $80 mln -report
Online payment company PayU, a subsidiary of Naspers, has agreed to buy Tel Aviv-based payment technology provider Zooz, the Calcalist financial news website reported on Monday,...
FINANCIALS