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DOLLAR GENERAL RAISES FAMILY DOLLAR BID 

Dollar General raised its bid for Family Dollar Stores and warned it could try a hostile takeover if its rival's board doesn't agree to talks. Dollar General raised its bid to $80 a share from a prior offer of $78.50 a share.

 
RUSSIA URGES U.S. TO ACT ON UKRAINE 
 

Russia's foreign minister called on the U.S. to push Kiev into giving up its military campaign against pro-Russia rebels and negotiate a political compromise, as support for the rebels from Russia began reversing Ukrainian gains.

 
U.S. STOCKS TURN MOSTLY LOWER 
 

U.S. stocks turned mostly lower, after stock-market gains in August led to the largest monthly increases for the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 since February. The Nasdaq Composite remained slightly higher.

 
U.S. MANUFACTURING INDEX ROSE IN AUGUST 
 

The U.S. manufacturing expansion revved up in August, according to the Institute for Supply Management, whose manufacturing purchasing managers index increased to 59.0 from 57.1 in July. Economists had expected the latest PMI to slow to 56.8.

 
ERIC CANTOR TO JOIN WALL STREET INVESTMENT BANK 
 

Eric Cantor plans to join boutique investment bank Moelis & Co., as the recently defeated House majority leader embarks on a new career on Wall Street.

 
CREDIT SUISSE PROBES ALLEGED TRADER MISCONDUCT 
 

An internal Credit Suisse Group investigation into allegations of inappropriate employee behavior through electronic communications has roiled the bank's European stock-trading desk.

 
KKR CASHES OUT OF CHINA MODERN DAIRY 
 

After a six-year investment in China's largest raw milk producer, private equity giant KKR & Co has finally sold its remaining shares in China Modern Dairy, in a deal worth roughly $80 million.

 
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE TO ACQUIRE PRESTIGE CRUISES 
 

Norwegian Cruise Line has agreed to buy Prestige Cruises for about $3 billion in cash and stock, including the assumption of debt, as the cruise-operator looks add luxury brands to its offerings. Norwegian shares up 12%.

 
ENERGY COMPANIES FORM JV FOR ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE 
 

Four major U.S. energy companies disclosed plans to form a joint venture to build the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would funnel natural gas from West Virginia to North Carolina.

 
AL-SHABAAB LEADER TARGETED IN U.S. AIRSTRIKE 
 

Somali officials said that a U.S. airstrike Monday targeted a town where senior commanders of the al-Shabaab militant group were meeting, including the group's leader Ahmed Abdi Godane.

 
HALLIBURTON TO SETTLE DEEPWATER HORIZON CLAIMS 
 

Halliburton said it agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement covering a substantial majority of claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

 
 
 
 
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MoneyBeat 
S&P 500 TO 3000: HOW IT COULD HAPPEN 
 

The S&P 500 needed more than 16 years to double to 2000 from 1000. One Wall Street firm predicts the next 1,000-point rally won't take nearly as long, writes Steven Russolillo.

 
Heard on the Street 
GOING UNDERGROUND ON EUROZONE BOND YIELDS 
 

Lending money when it's a losing proposition from the start sounds like an odd thing to do. That's not stopping bond buyers in the eurozone government bond market, Richard Barley writes.