The telecom equipment provider will sell itself for $31.50 a share in cash, although it has until Dec. 5 to find a higher offer. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

State-owned Dubai World has secured support from all its creditors for a $25 billion debt restructuring plan, a spokesman said on Wednesday, helping to avoid a drawn-out battle with a special tribunal. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Deutsche Bank said Wednesday that it had lost money in the third quarter as the costs of acquiring Germany’s largest retail bank added to the effects of a slump in stock trading. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Did David Einhorn turn down Warren E. Buffett? That’s the suggestion from Insider Monkey. The blog thinks the Greenlight Capital chief may have been one of the unidentified fund managers to take themselves out of the running to become heir apparent to manage the investments at Berkshire Hathaway. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

The European Union agreed Tuesday after drawn-out negotiations to new rules for hedge funds, having gained the approval of the European Parliament to regulate more thoroughly the 2 trillion euro industry. Read more..

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The Federal Reserve will not join a group of leading commercial banks in asking the Supreme Court to allow the government to withhold details of emergency loans made to financial companies in 2008. Read more..

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The Supreme Court is now less likely to hear the case, which was asking the government to withhold details of the 2008 bank rescues. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

I.B.M. said on Tuesday that its board had approved an additional $10 billion in stock buybacks, representing nearly 6 percent of its outstanding shares. Read more..

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A merger between Singapore Exchange and ASX will make it harder for Hong Kong to win offerings by commodity companies and achieve an expansion plan announced this year, the chairman of the Hong Kong bourse said. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

White Collar Watch examines how court rulings, most recently one in New York, have reaffirmed the protection that outside advisers have from damage claims in cases of corporate fraud. Read more..

By PETER J. HENNING - The New York Times