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<title><![CDATA[Italy Banks' Lobby ABI: 2012 Profit Falls by 80%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24:14 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Italian banks' profitability declined by 80% to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in 2012 as the recession affecting the country continued to weigh on banks' bottom line, the country's association of banking, ABI, said Tuesday. ABI said that if one-off write downs, carried out by banks during last year, were taken into account, the aggregate results for the sector become a EUR1.8 billion net loss.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vodafone keeps Verizon payout to make up for European slump]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 06:55:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Vodafone will reinvest a $3.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[G4S Chief Buckles Resigns]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 04:55:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Security company G4S PLC said Tuesday Chief Executive Nick Buckles, who was heavily criticized over the company's handling of the London Olympic Games last year, will resign at the end of the month.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Magnolia Petroleum Participating in 11 Wells in Oklahoma]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Magnolia Petroleum PLC (MAGP.LN), a U.S. onshore focused oil and gas exploration and production company, Tuesday said it is participating in eleven wells in Oklahoma for an aggregate net cost of $1.4 million.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Factbox: Yahoo's acquisitions: from Geocities to Tumblr]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 01:41:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo's rise in Asia offsets risk from Tumblr bet]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 00:19:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Softbank Plans &yen;400 Billion Retail Bond Issuance]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 23:57:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Softbank Corp. (9984.TO) is planning yet another record-breaking sale of retail bonds to Japanese investors, seeking to raise around Y400 billion, The Nikkei reported in its Tuesday morning edition.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sprint gets waiver from Softbank, permitting discussions with Dish]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 21:07:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp received a waiver from SoftBank Corp on various provisions of their merger agreement permitting it to engage in discussions with Dish Network Corp.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell Committee Again Seeks More Info from Icahn on Takeover Bid]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 17:12:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dell Inc.'s (DELL) special committee sent another letter to activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. seeking more information about their takeover proposal, reiterating that the committee can't engage in talks until determining the proposal to be credible.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar Stocks Help ADR Shares End Higher]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:47:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[International companies trading in New York closed higher Monday amid rising solar stocks and positive comments out of Japan about its economy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Chief Tim Cook Takes on the Senate]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:38:23 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Apple will argue for comprehensive corporate tax reform when it goes before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday becoming the latest tech company to face questions about offshore tax practices.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TECH STOCKS: Yahoo's Deal For Tumblr Heads Tech's Day]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc. took the tech-sector spotlight Monday, with its $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging-service operator Tumblr seen as a potential gamble by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer in her attempts to reinvigorate the one-time Internet pioneer.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plains Exploration Shareholders Approve Freeport-McMoRan Deal]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:15:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plains Exploration & Production Co.'s (PXP) shareholders Monday approved a $6.5 billion merger with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), overcoming earlier pressure to reject the deal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Citi Names New CEOs of CitiMortgage, Private Bank, Citi Holdings]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:21:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc. (C) shuffled the top executives of several businesses, including its private bank, its mortgage operation and the unit that houses non-core businesses and assets.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Royalty Pharma Raises Takeover Bid for Elan]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. pharmaceutical investor Royalty Pharma on Monday raised its multibillion-dollar takeover bid for Dublin-based Elan Corp. (DRX.DB, ELN) by 11% to $12.50 a share in cash, adding pressure on Elan as it moves to rebuild its business and secure its independence.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plains Exploration Board Approves Freeport-McMoRan Deal]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plains Exploration & Production Co.'s (PXP) board Monday approved a $6.5 billion merger with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), overcoming earlier pressure to reject the deal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Slip After Hitting All-time Highs]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks tested new session lows Monday, after grinding further into all-time-high territory, as Yahoo Inc.'s acquisition of Tumblr and other deal news dominated investor attention.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Actavis to Buy Warner Chilcott for $5 Billion in Stock]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Drug maker Actavis Inc. (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) for about $5 billion in an all-stock deal aimed at enlarging Actavis's portfolio of specialty pharmaceutical brands--and shrinking its tax burden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vodacom CEO Plans to Boost Africa Presence]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[South African cellphone operator Vodacom Group Ltd. (VOD.JO) plans to expand its operations on the continent, entering two or three more countries in the next three years, the company's chief executive said Monday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Makes $1.1B Bet on Tumblr]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:16:01 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash will use about one-fifth of Yahoo's $5.4 billion in cash and marketable securities.]]></description>
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