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August 23, 2010 08:21 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Monday, following two weeks of losses for the S&P and Dow, as sentiment was lifted by several potential mergers and deals.
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August 23, 2010 08:33 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co launched a $1.6 billion bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc on Monday, topping an offer by technology rival Dell Inc .
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August 23, 2010 08:04 AM ET
 | LONDON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Canada's Potash Corp is seeking talks with possible counter-bidders as it fights off an unwanted $39 billion takeover offer from BHP Billiton.
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August 23, 2010 07:42 AM ET
 | SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - Brewing groups SABMiller and Asahi Breweries are looking at Foster's Group's beer operations, valued at more than $10 billion, but have not yet made any formal offers, sources said.
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August 23, 2010 08:23 AM ET
 | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Gulf oil spill opens for business on Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair.
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August 23, 2010 12:53 AM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group's aircraft leasing unit ILFC repaid nearly $4 billion of U.S. loans after raising new debt from investors, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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August 23, 2010 06:37 AM ET
 | JOHANNESBURG/HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC is in talks to buy up to 70 percent of South Africa's Nedbank, in a potential $6.8 billion deal that would give Europe's biggest lender a broader gateway to the fast-growing African continent.
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August 22, 2010 09:50 PM ET
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group has agreed to a deal with Great Eagle to build high-end apartments in China, where the housing market is booming, the Financial Times said.
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August 23, 2010 02:04 AM ET
| SEOUL (Reuters) - Korea National Oil Corp is prepared to wait for shareholders of UK's Dana Petroleum to respond to its hostile $2.6 billion bid for the firm and won't comment on a report that Dana is seeking a higher offer in return for board approval.
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August 23, 2010 04:45 AM ET
| HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's BYD Co Ltd , backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, warned on Monday of a slowdown in car sales during the second half of the year and said it will launch new models to lessen the impact.
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M&A activity lifts index futures
