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MEXICO CITY/ RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19- Foreign investors flocked back to Brazil in early 2013, prompting the strongest stock market inflows in more than two years, but massive bets on share price falls suggest no change in sentiment towards Latin America's largest economy.
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*MTS, Vimpelcom offer $4- $4.25 bln for Tele2 Russia. *Tele2 and main shareholder stand by $3.5 bln VTB deal. MOSCOW, March 28- Russian mobile companies MTS and Vimpelcom Ltd joined the bidders for Tele2 AB's Russian unit on Thursday, rivaling a proposal by billionaire Mikhail Fridman's A1 investment group and an agreed deal with VTB Bank OAO.
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*Ready to offer $3.6- $4 bln for Tele2's Russian unit. *Tele2 and main shareholder stand by $3.5 bln VTB deal. MOSCOW/ STOCKHOLM, March 28- Russian state-controlled bank VTB said it had struck a legally-binding deal to buy Tele2's Russian division, after billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment group A1 threatened to top VTB's $3.5 billion bid for the asset.
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AMSTERDAM, March 28- German investor Joh A Benckiser is in talks over a 6.4- billion-euro deal to buy the owner of Douwe Egberts coffee and bolster its position in a hot drinks industry benefiting from innovation and emerging market growth.
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SAC's Steve Cohen recently bought a $60 million property in the Hamptons, reports CNBC's Robert Frank.
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Clearwire, which is already majority owned by Sprint, said on Wednesday that it would continue talks with Dish but that it has not changed its recommendation in favor of its agreement with No. 3 U.S. mobile provider Sprint.
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AMSTERDAM, March 28- German investor Joh A Benckiser is in talks over a 6.4- billion-euro deal to buy the owner of Douwe Egberts coffee and bolster its position in a hot drinks industry benefiting from innovation and emerging market growth.
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The network called "pivot" will reach 40 million homes through deals it struck with Pay TV companies such as DirecTV when it launches in August. Operators such as Cablevision and Dish Network Corp also are complaining about escalating fees to carry networks and advocating an "a la carte" model to let consumers choose the channels they want.
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*Guinea picks law firms as advisers in contract review. CONAKRY, March 27- Guinea has chosen global law firm DLA Piper and three other advisers to help review and, if need be, renegotiate mining contracts signed by previous governments, the head of the review body told Reuters.
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"Taxes are going to kill spending!," they cried. "Don't punish the rich!" Well, the rich have spoken and guess what? They're still spending.
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NICOSIA, March 27- The ink is barely dry on a deal struck in Brussels to save Cyprus from bankruptcy, but rising tension between the island's conservative president and the Communist-appointed governor of the central bank foreshadow difficulties ahead.
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NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, March 27- Dave Johnson finds himself once again pitted against a former employer. In leading Blackstone Group's 11th- hour bid for Dell Inc, the acquisitions expert and famously tough negotiator has seated himself across the table from ex-boss and company founder Michael Dell.
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NICOSIA, March 27- The ink is barely dry on a deal struck in Brussels to save Cyprus from bankruptcy, but rising tension between the island's conservative president and the Communist-appointed governor of the central bank foreshadow difficulties ahead.
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*S&P ends less than 1.5 points below 2007 record closing high. NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the Dow climbing more than 100 points to another record close and the S&P 500 coming within striking distance of its all-time closing high, as strong data on home prices and manufacturing fed optimism about the economy.
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NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 within striking distance of its all-time high, as strong data on home prices and manufacturing fed optimism about the economy, although the improvements were seen as slow.
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*Netflix shares jump after analyst raises price target. NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 within striking distance of its all-time high, as strong data on home prices and manufacturing fed optimism about the economy, although the improvements were seen as slow.
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SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, March 25- Michael Dell likely could not have known when he proposed taking his company private last year that he would trigger a three-way contest between two giant private equity firms and one of Wall Street's most aggressive activist investors.
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Here's one sign of a global housing recovery: Every month seems to bring a new "world's most expensive" listing or sale. This month's offering is the penthouse of the Tour Odeon in Monaco.
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NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after data on home prices and manufacturing showed the economy continues to improve slowly, with the S&P 500 index closing in on its all-time high.
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NEW YORK, March 26- Wall Street was set to rise at the open on Tuesday after data showed the economy continues to slowly improve, which could lift the S&P 500 closer to its record high. The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, then retreated as investors cashed in gains in the wake of news out of Europe.
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NEW YORK, March 26- U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, ahead of a flurry of data that could lure investors and propel the S&P 500 to a record closing high. *The benchmark S&P 500 index traded just a quarter point below its all-time closing high on Monday, before news out of Europe prompted investors to cash in gains.
