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	Click to View in Browser 10/1/2014 Ackman's Pershing Square raises $3 billion in fund listing LONDON (Reuters) - Pershing Square Holdings, a fund managed by activist investor Bill Ackman, raised $3.07 billion ahead of a stock market listing in Amsterdam, the company said on Wednesday. Investcorp to complete $1.43 billion Berlin Packaging sale to Oak Hill in October (Reuters) - Alternative investment manager Investcorp will complete the $1.43 billion sale of Berlin Packaging to Oak Hill Capital Partners in the first week of October, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Adidas seeks to placate investors with share buyback PARIS (Reuters) - German sportswear maker Adidas, facing investor discontent after a series of profit warnings, plans to return as much as 1.5 billion euros ($1.9 billion) to shareholders over the next three years. Samsung to invest $560 million in Vietnam TV production plant SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday that it will invest $560 million to build a consumer appliances production complex in Vietnam, its latest move to build manufacturing capacity in the country. UK events organizer UBM to buy Advanstar for $972 million (Reuters) - Communications and events company UBM Plc said it would buy trade show organizer Advanstar Communications for $972 million, becoming the top events organizer by revenue in the United States, but its shares fell on concern it had overpaid. Babcock, BAE Systems win $5.2 billion UK naval contracts LONDON (Reuters) - Babcock International and BAE Systems have won contracts worth a total of 3.2 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) to maintain British warships, submarines and naval bases for the next five years. Cyberark listing puts Israeli venture capital fund in the spotlight JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Within sight of Jerusalem's Old City stands a modernist building housing one of Israel's most successful venture capital firms, the backer of scores of start-ups over the past 20 years that have generated nearly $18 billion for investors. Nomura, JP Morgan among Japan Post IPO underwriters: government TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government has selected Nomura Securities and JP Morgan among the 11 underwriters for a planned initial public offering of state-owned Japan Post, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. Peugeot chief keeps door open to partnerships PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, placed ninth in the world by vehicle sales, is open to potential partnerships but must complete its restructuring first, its chief executive said on Wednesday. EBay follows Icahn's advice, plans PayPal spinoff in 2015 (Reuters) - EBay Inc's agreement on Tuesday to spin off PayPal next year will give the unit more flexibility to strike deals in the rapidly evolving payments space as growth at the company's traditional e-commerce business slows. Related Video Peugeot's long road to recovery EBRD in Central and Eastern Europe Related News Euro zone manufacturing growth slows again in September: PMI Asian factories slow in September, push inflation ever lower A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend