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Tepco to sell KDDI stake for ¥186.3 billion
29 Nov 2011
China's Cnooc closes C$2.1-bn acquisition of oil sands operator Opti Canada
29 Nov 2011
Cnooc will get a 35-per cent stake in the project, which can produce 58,500 barrels of oil per day
Steelmaker Ternium to buy 27.7% of rival Usiminas for $2.66 billion
28 Nov 2011
Ternium SA, Latin America's second-largest steelmaker, will fund the acquisition with a mixture of cash and debt for a stake in Brazil's second biggest steelmaker
Rio Tinto-Chinalco copper JV gets Beijing’s nod
28 Nov 2011
SABMiller's $10.2-bn acquisition of Foster's gets Australia's conditional approval
25 Nov 2011
Among the conditions is the stipulation that SABMiller will not relocate Foster's facilites to other countries to make beer for Australian consumption
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