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Japan's Takeda clinches $62 bln deal to buy drugmaker Shire
LONDON/TOKYO - Takeda Pharmaceutical agrees to buyLondon-listed Shire for 45.3 billion pounds ($61.50 billion)after the Japanese company raises the amount of cash in itsoffer to secure a recommendation. (SHIRE-M&A/TAKEDA (UPDATE 3,PIX), moved, by Paul Sandle, Ben Hirschler and Sam Nussey, 765words)
Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal
U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is asking investment banksto increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60billion so it can make an all-cash offer for the media assetsthat Twenty-First Century Fox Inc has agreed to sell to WaltDisney Co for $52 billion, three people familiar with the mattersay. (FOX-M&A/COMCAST (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, byGreg Roumeliotis and Liana B. Baker, 552 words)
Icahn, Deason want bid of at least $40 per share for Xerox
Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, shareholders in Xerox Corp whooppose an agreed deal with Fujifilm Holdings, said they wouldconsider an all-cash bid of at least $40 per share - a 43percent premium to the Japanese firm's offer.(XEROX-M&A/FUJIFILM (UPDATE 6, PIX), moving shortly, by LahareeChatterjee, 617 words)
China April exports bounce back more than expected despiteUS trade brawl
BEIJING - China's exports rebound more strongly thanexpected in April after a surprise drop the previous month,suggesting global demand remains relatively resilient andproviding a cushion to the economy amid a heated trade disputewith the United States. (CHINA-ECONOMY/TRADE (UPDATE 2, PIX,GRAPHIC), moved, by Elias Glenn, 790 words)
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MARKETS
Oil prices fall as market awaits Trump decision on Iran
TOKYO - Oil prices retreat from 3-1/2 year highs asinvestors waited on an announcement by President Donald Trump onwhether the United States will reimpose sanctions on Iran.(GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Aaron Sheldrick, 385 words)
Dollar cements gains after scaling 2018 peak; euro struggles
LONDON - The dollar consolidates gains after scaling a 2018peak in the previous session as investors focus their attentionon U.S. President Donald Trump's decision about the future of aninternational nuclear agreement with Iran. (GLOBAL-FOREX/(UPDATE 2), moved, by Saikat Chatterjee, 391 words)
ECONOMY
Tax cuts, spending boost likely in budget as Australia eyesreturn to surplus
CANBERRA - Australia's centre-right government is expectedto announce hefty health and infrastructure spending and deliversome voter-sweetening tax cuts in an annual budget on Tuesdaythat unofficially kicks off campaigning for elections next year.(AUSTRALIA-POLITICS/BUDGET (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by SwatiPandey and Jane Wardell, 635 words)
Argentina stems peso bleeding but remains vulnerable tocapital flows
NEW YORK - Argentina's three recent interest rate increasesto halt the peso's collapse can be traced back to alate-December government press conference which have left thecountry more vulnerable to international investor sentiment andcapital flows. (ARGENTINA-RATE/WALLSTREET (ANALYSIS), moved, byRodrigo Campaos, 764 words)
Japan March household spending slumps, suggests economyslowed in Q1
TOKYO - Japanese household spending fell 0.7 percent inMarch from a year earlier to mark the second straight month ofdeclines, underscoring the view the economy suffered a temporarylull in the first quarter as bad weather hurt consumption.(JAPAN-ECONOMY/SPENDING (UPDATE 1), moved, by Leika Kihara, 216words)
NZ central bank governor Orr in spotlight as rates set tostay on hold
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's central bank is all but certainto keep rates on hold this week and signal no imminenttightening at a policy meeting that will be closely watched asthe first with both a new governor and an employment goalmandate. (NEWZEALAND-ECONOMY/RBNZ (PREVIEW), moved, by CharlotteGreenfield, 474 words)
COMPANIES
Walmart likely to announce Flipkart deal before end of thisweek -sources
MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Walmart is likely to announce itsmuch-anticipated deal to buy a controlling stake in Indiane-commerce player Flipkart before the end of this week, twosources said, in what is likely to be the U.S. retail giant'sbiggest acquisition of a business. (FLIPKART-M&A/WALMART (PIX),moved, by Sankalp Phartiyal and Nivedita Bhattacharjee, 460words)
Beauty products gloss over Zalando earnings squeeze
BERLIN - European online fashion retailer Zalando says thelaunch of beauty products in Germany had made a promising startand it saw a big jump in active customers in the first quarteralthough a late start to spring weighed on profitability.(ZALANDO-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, by Emma Thomasson,386 words)
S.Korea's SK Telecom, partner buy ADT Caps from Carlyle for$1.2 bln
SEOUL - South Korea's largest telecom firm, SK Telecom CoLtd, said on Tuesday it and a partner had decided to wholly buydomestic security systems company ADT Caps for about 1.28trillion won ($1.2 billion). (ADT CAPS-M&A/SK TELECOM (UPDATE1), moved, by Joyce Lee, 247 words)
ANALYSIS
Easy credit no more: how shocks from Australian banks'inquiry may squeeze a nation
SYDNEY - Australia's biggest banks are imposing stricterlending conditions on borrowers as damaging disclosures at aninquiry into financial-sector misconduct prompt fears theeconomy will be the victim of a new era of subdued creditgrowth. (AUSTRALIA-LENDING/ (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by JonathanBarrett and Tom Westbrook, 1064 words)