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* Investors shun SAP after acquisition (Adding details, updating prices)

Euro zone growth is merely returning to normal after an exceptional 2017 and the slowdown is primarily due to weaker external demand, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday.

Italy's budget crisis is raising broader concerns about the sustainability of its public debt and risks spreading turbulence to others, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday.

China's acquisitive apparel firm Shandong Ruyi is targeting more global deals involving "affordable luxury" brands, under a push to establish the first high-end Chinese fashion empire to eventually challenge behemoth LVMH.

* To sell 1.6 bln shares at tentative price of 1,500 yen each

China will not set specific targets for individual banks on how much they should lend to private firms, and banks' credit assessment standards will not be compromised, state-owned China Securities Journal said on Monday, citing regulatory sources.

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More than 200 people were missing early on Monday in California's deadliest and most destructive blaze on record, one of two fires raging in the state which have killed at least 31 people and forced more than a quarter of a million evacuations.

Everyone needs to make plans for a hard Brexit just in case, German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Kukies said on Monday.

Stocks in Hong Kong moved up marginally on Monday, but were left out from the policy-inspired rally seen in the technology sector in the mainland market, as investors in the city appeared cautious ahead of key earnings announcements and global events. ** The main Hang Seng index and the Hang...