The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday: * Sberbank (SBER03.MM), Russia's biggest bank, has agreed to buy Moscow investment bank Troika Dialog for $1.25 billion, the Vedomosti business daily reported, citing sources close to the deal. [ID:nLDE712033] * Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) is close to a deal to sell its Balboa insurance business to Australia's QBE Insurance Group Ltd (QBE.AX), Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. [ID:nN02276272] For Deals of the day click on [DEALS/] (Compiled by Purwa Naveen Raman in Bangalore; Editing by Will Waterman)
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