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Breaking News- Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. Such an acquisition would be Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on fast-growing Tumblr because its younger user base would bolster the older website's "cool factor," the technology blog AllThingsD cited the sources as saying. ...
- Dell tells Icahn cannot disclose more information yet(Reuters) - Dell Inc sent a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management saying the company could not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to Michael Dell's. Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have challenged Michael Dell's $24.4 billion bid to take Dell private with an offer of $21 billion in cash. (Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore)
- Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $8.5 billion deal(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc will buy specialty pharmaceuticals company Warner Chilcott Plc in a stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion. Warner Chilcott shareholders will receive 0.160 shares of the combined company, or $20.08 per Warner Chilcott share, based on Actavis's closing share price of $125.50 on May 17. (Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
- Unclear whether Fed's bond buying has helped economy: Fisher(Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they are doing enough for the broader U.S. economy, a top central bank official said on Monday. "We've made rich people richer...," Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on CNBC television. "Question is what have we done for working men and women in America?" Fisher, who has long opposed the Fed's bond-buying program and wants to reduce it, added he expects real gross domestic product growth of more than 2.5 percent by year end. ...
- Chesapeake Energy hires Anadarko executive as CEO(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp said it hired Robert Douglas Lawler of rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp as chief executive, filling the post vacated by co-founder Aubrey McClendon. Lawler, who is senior vice president of international and deep-water operations at Anadarko Petroleum, will join Chesapeake on June 17, the company said. McClendon's departure on April 1 came after a tumultuous year in which a series of Reuters investigations led to civil and criminal probes of the second-largest U.S. natural gas producer. Chief Operating Officer Steven Dixon had been appointed as interim CEO. ...
- Monster machines fan out on U.S. farms facing slow sowBy Tom Polansek and Mark Weinraub SHERIDAN, Illinois (Reuters) - With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment. The technological wizardry from companies like Deere & Co and AGCO Corp is pitted in a frantic race against time, with farmers scrambling to get seeds in the ground because a slow start depresses yields and reduces the size of their harvest. ...
- Global shares grind higher, yen edges up on Amari commentsBy Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Rising optimism about global growth pushed world shares to a near five-year high on Monday, while comments from Japan's economy minister that consumers could suffer if the yen falls further lifted it off a 4-1/2 low. Data last week that showed U.S. consumer sentiment at its strongest in nearly six years continued to support equity markets. MSCI's world index is at its highest since June 2008 as top European shares started the week up 0.2 percent. With risk appetite dominating, safe-haven German Bunds fell 45 ticks, while gold, also pressured by signs the U.S. ...
- GE Capital plans to pay $11 billion in dividends to GE(Reuters) - GE Capital Corp's board has approved a plan to pay $6.5 billion in dividends and a further $4.5 billion in special dividends to parent General Electric Co in 2013. "This announcement is consistent with our goal to reduce the overall size of GE Capital and for it to return significant cash to GE," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said in a statement. (Reporting by Mridhula Raghavan in Bangalore)
- EU law key to ending 'too big to fail' banks: BoE's TuckerBy Huw Jones and Claire Davenport LONDON/STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A European Union law up for a vote on Monday will only fully shield taxpayers from bailing out troubled banks if there is a global framework as well, a top UK regulator said on Monday. Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker said the EU law on bank recovery and resolution would be a milestone towards a global system and help convince markets that governments were no longer willing to rescue "too big to fail" lenders. ...
- Vodafone withdraws from BT mobile partner talks: sourcesLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone has withdrawn from the running to provide a mobile service to fixed-line operator BT , two industry sources told Reuters, bringing to an end a nine-year partnership. Vodafone had been the so-called mobile virtual network operator for BT, providing mobile services to staff, small companies and multi-national corporations which are clients to the BT Global Services division. ...
- Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJ
