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* Healthcare, oil and gas sectors lead gains
(Updates comment, adds details on BoE decision)
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Lebanon's newly-named prime
minister vowed on Thursday to form a government quickly that
works to pull the country out of economic crisis and reassures
people who have protested against the political class for two
months.
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The U.S. Senate, hoping to
meet a looming deadline, on Thursday advanced legislation to
fund an array of domestic programs through Sept. 30 in a bid to
prevent government agency shutdowns when existing funds expire
at the end of this week.
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The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed changes to its
decades-old definition of a professional investor in order to
allow more Americans to buy shares in private companies.
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The two companies vying
to buy British online food delivery company Just Eat made
increased final bids on Thursday, with Prosus NV
offering 800 pence, or 5.5 billion pounds ($7.16 billion) in
cash, and Takeaway.com raising its all-share offer.
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Police have arrested 334 people in
one of the largest anti-mob operations ever seen in Italy,
highlighting the growing reach of the 'Ndrangheta mafia,
prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Lebanon President Michel Aoun has
designated Hassan Diab, an academic and former education
minister, as the country's next prime minister on Thursday.
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Israeli ministers on Thursday
averted a health care crisis by passing a last-minute allocation
of 500 million shekels ($143 million) to pay for new lifesaving
medicines for thousands of patients.
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Volkswagen has
attracted bids from Europe's Innio, Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy
and U.S.-based Cummins for its MAN Energy
Solutions, which makes diesel engines for ships and power
generators, people close to the matter said.
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EDP-Energias de Portugal said on
Thursday it had agreed to sell six hydro power plants in the
Douro river basin to a consortium led by France's Engie in a
deal valued at 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) including debt.