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• *AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES EXPLORES $3.5B-PLUS SALE: RTRS

• *ZIONS BANCORPORATION TO BUY FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC BUSINESS LINE FROM BASIS INVESTMENT GROUP

• *ELEMENT SOLUTIONS BOARD CHAIR MARTIN FRANKLIN TO STEP DOWN

• BARK Announces Up To $28 million in Annual Savings Due to Cost Reduction Initiatives and Potential for Approximately $15 millio

• Abivax FY EBIT Misses Estimates

• *ESTÉE LAUDER COS.’ STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL TRANSACTION WITH PUIG

• GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD: PREC14A

• *APOLLO CAPS PRIVATE CREDIT FUND WITHDRAWALS AS REQUESTS HIT 11%

• *EQUINOR HUNTS FOR SHALE GAS EXPANSION TARGETS IN MARCELLUS AREA

• Perfect’s Board Announces the Formation of Special Committee to Evaluate on the Preliminary Non-Binding “Going Private”

• *GILEAD TO BUY OURO MEDICINES FOR AS MUCH AS $2.175 BILLION

• Nippon Sheet Glass Says Mulling Take-Private Deal

• Tokio Marine ADRs Rise on Berkshire Stake Tailwinds: Street Wrap

• Boralex Says Committee Formed to Review Strategic Alternatives

• Nippon Sheet Glass to Be Taken Private by Apollo Fund

• SMFG Readies Itself for Possible Takeover of Jefferies: FT