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* Talks underway over possible offer
(Adds comments from BME and more detail)
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Hong Kong police fired tear
gas and rubber bullets on Monday to force back anti-government
protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are
holed up with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons amid fears
of a bloody crackdown.
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Sberbank, which holds a
'golden' share in Yandex , said on Monday it
supports "in general" proposed changes to corporate governance
at Russia's top internet search engine.
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British software company Sage Group Plc
said on Monday it will sell its payment processing unit
Sage Pay for about 232 million pounds ($296.87 million) to
Elavon, a payments company and unit of U.S. Bancorp.
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Pan-European stock market operator
Euronext said on Monday that it was in talks with
Spanish bourse BME over a possible takeover offer, as
consolidation heats up in the financial exchanges industry.
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China stocks ended Monday
firmer, as investors hoped for more stimulus measures to shore
up the slowing economy after a interbank lending rate cut.
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Lebanon is like a sinking ship
that will go under unless action is taken, Nabih Berri, the
speaker of parliament was quoted as saying on Monday, referring
to the country's deep economic and political crisis.
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And why banks are failing to deal with the problem.
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Demonstrations against Lebanon's
ruling elite have plunged the country into political turmoil at
a time of acute economic crisis, driven by deepening anger at
sectarian politicians who have dominated the government since
the 1975-90 civil war.
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Retired letter carrier Leslie
Maxwell Burton has a message for Democratic presidential
contenders campaigning in the early voting state of Nevada this
weekend: She will not vote for anyone who tries to take away her
hard-won union health plan.