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EU antitrust regulators to rule on Blackstone’s F&R deal by July 20

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to clear U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group’s US$20 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Thomson Reuters’ Financial and Risk (F&R) unit, a filing on the EU competition watchdog’s website showed on Monday.

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Fujifilm sues Xerox over aborted merger

(Reuters) – Fujifilm Holdings Corp sued Xerox Corp on Monday for well over $1 billion plus punitive damages, accusing it of succumbing to pressure to activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in abandoning a proposed $6.1 billion merger.

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U.S. Supreme Court to review scope of investor protection laws

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a New York investment banker banned from the industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a case that could limit the scope of those who can be held liable under laws protecting investors from securities fraud.

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