NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse said they were in talks to call off their planned merger, after European antitrust regulators formally opposed the deal.

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DealBook: NYSE and Deutsche Borse Plan to Call Off Merger

Under the terms of the deal, Bristol-Myers will pay $26 a share, an enormous 163 percent premium over Inhibitex’s Friday closing price.

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DealBook: Bristol-Myers to Buy Inhibitex for $2.5 Billion

The US confirms the sale of nearly $30bn of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, saying the deal would send a “strong message” to countries in the region.

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US sells $30bn in jets to Saudis

A year ago, Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo was prepared to trade four young players to the Kansas City Royals for former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke, the deal falling apart only because Greinke, with a full no-trade clause, refused the Nationals’ nine-figure contract offer in exchange for accepting the trade. Read full article > >

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Nationals acquire lefty Gio Gonzalez in trade

The wireless carrier is struggling, with a dwindling subscriber base, weak finances and no obvious way out after the deal with AT&T was scuttled.

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Few Options For a Lagging T-Mobile

As part of the deal that freed soldier Gilad Shalit.

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Israel Releases 550 Palestinian Prisoners

The phone call hit like a one-two punch. Days before Thanksgiving, AT&T’s heavyweight lobbying team was busy setting up meetings with antitrust authorities scrutinizing the company’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, was on the line for AT&T’s chief executive, Randall Stephenson, and its chief of lobbying, James Cicconi. In a few hours, Genachowski said, he would announce his opposition to the deal. AT&T was stunned. Read full article > >

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The owner of a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in the deadliest U.S. coalfield accident in decades will pay $210 million, the largest settlement ever in a federal investigation of a mine disaster, prosecutors said Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said the deal would compensate victims’ families, pay fines and improve underground safety. It also does not prevent the future prosecutions of individuals on criminal charges in the April 2010 blast. Read full article > >

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The education secretary says there is no “hidden pot of gold” to improve the deal on the table for teachers preparing to strike over pensions.

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Gove warns teachers over strikes

There was little sign on Thursday that the deal for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to transfer power to his vice president had calmed Yemen, as simmering conflicts broke out into the open.

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5 Protesters Die In New Violence in Yemen

The companies withdrew a merger application with the F.C.C. and said AT&T would take a $4 billion charge if the deal fails. But they also said they would still pursue the $39 billion merger.

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AKUREYRI, Iceland — This isolated expanse of land is pocked by steaming fissures, molten mud pools and lava fields — perhaps an unlikely place for a Chinese tycoon to build a resort. But that’s exactly what Huang Nubo wants to do. And the deal, if approved, will account for a big chunk of this remote island nation. Read full article > >

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Iceland government probes why Chinese tycoon wants big chunk of its land

Prime Minister George Papandreou said that the decision on the deal, which includes fresh financial assistance but also imposes unpopular austerity measures, belonged to the Greek people.

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Greece Plans Referendum on Latest Europe Aid Deal

THE JUBILATION and relief that greeted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as they returned home Tuesday superficially suggested a breakthrough in long-stalled relations between Israelis and Palestinians. The opposite is more likely. On closer inspection, the deal between Hamas and the government of Binyamin Netanyahu looks likely to inject more poison into an already bitter standoff. Read full article > >

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The Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap offers little new hope for peace

One result of the deal could be a more confrontational, Hamas-imbued Palestinian movement that could reshape regional relationships and pose a challenge to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

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Israel-Hamas Prisoner Swap May Reshape Regional Politics