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Paramount, which is backed by the billionaire Ellison family, has argued that the company's $108bn deal for the company is superior.
From BBC
Home builders have also discussed a federally backed “rent-to-own” program, people familiar with the matter said.
Private-equity managers emerged as big buyers of software companies in recent years, and private-debt funds increasingly backed those firm’s leveraged buyouts.
The US president last week backed off threats of using force to seize Greenland and began talks with Copenhagen and Nuuk.
From Barron's
That brings us to our call of the day from Panmure Gordon’s head of strategy, Joachim Klement, who warns of possible international contagion for markets from overstretched investors backed into a corner.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
