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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions, (TSE: TLM.TO), (NYSE: SPG), (NYSE: TLM)

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1000 GMT on Thursday. ** Simon Property Group Inc said on Thursday it has bought a 28.7 percent stake in French real estate group Klepierre from BNP Paribas for about 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion), boosting its global footprint.** Miner Xstrata, which has agreed to a merger with trader Glencore, expanded its coking coal operations in Canada's British Columbia on Thursday with the $500 million purchase of assets from oil explorer Talisman Energy.

Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) is a global, diversified, upstream oil and gas company. Shares of TLM remained unchanged at $13.25. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $11.34 and as high as $24.42. On average, 3924540 shares of TLM.TO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 0.

Simon Property Group, Inc. (Simon) is a real estate company. Shares of SPG remained unchanged at $138.22. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $99.60 and as high as $139.63. On average, 1384190 shares of SPG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1100.

Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) is a global, diversified, upstream oil and gas company. Shares of TLM remained unchanged at $13.29. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $10.75 and as high as $25.18. On average, 5393630 shares of TLM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 15781.



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