Vesuvius gives up Morgan Advanced pursuit after being rejected

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Vesuvius Plc said it had decided not to make an offer for Morgan Advanced Materials Plc after the latter's board rejected an initial proposal by Vesuvius without any discussions.

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UPDATE 1-Russian rouble hits fresh record low versus dollar

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble fell to fresh record lows at opening on Monday, following weakening oil prices and poor manufacturing data from China.

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John Laing Fund makes 1 bln stg offer for Balfour assets

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - John Laing Infrastructure Fund on Monday offered to buy Balfour Beatty's portfolio of public-private partnership assets, in sectors like education and health, for 1 billion...

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China stocks close mixed in reaction to deposit insurance, weak manufacturing

SHANGHAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China's key stock indexes ended mixed on Monday, pressured by disappointing manufacturing surveys which pointed to further economic weakness.

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BRIEF-Fincantieri signs cruise shipbuilding agreements with Carnival and CSSC for Chinese market

* Signs two memorandums of understanding with Carnival Corporation and China CSSC Holdings Limited, a unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)

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Nutreco buys two Brazilian feed firms for emerging market growth

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch animal feed company Nutreco said on Monday it had bought two animal nutrition companies in Brazil, growing revenues from the country by almost 70 percent, as part of its...

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John Laing Fund makes 1 billion pound offer for Balfour assets

LONDON (Reuters) - John Laing Infrastructure Fund on Monday offered to buy Balfour Beatty's portfolio of public-private partnership assets, in sectors like education and health, for 1 billion...

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Russian rouble hits fresh record low versus dollar

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble fell to fresh record lows at opening on Monday, following weakening oil prices and poor manufacturing data from China.

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UPDATE 4-German utility E.ON to split in two in major overhaul

* To spin off power generation, energy trading, upstream business

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UPDATE 1-Deutsche Annington makes $4.9 bln offer for Gagfah

* Expects about 84 mln eur of annual cost synergies (Adds synergies, details on timeline, background)

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German utility E.ON to split in two in major overhaul

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's biggest utility E.ON announced plans on Sunday to split in two and spin off most of its power generation, energy trading and upstream businesses, responding to a...

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BOJ's massive easing sees more JGB purchases than govt supply in Nov

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Purchases of Japanese government bonds in November by the Bank of Japan for the first time exceeded the amount of debt issued in that month, setting a new milestone that...

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Deutsche Annington makes $4.9 billion offer for Gagfah

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German real estate firm Deutsche Annington announced plans on Monday to take over rival Gagfah for shares and cash, in an agreed deal valuing the group at 3.9 billion euros...

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