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Monday, May 19, 2014

Market Chatter- Corporate finance press digest, (NASDAQ: GOOG)

The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media: * AstraZeneca is preparing to reject a 69 billion pounds ($116.1 billion) takeover bid by rival drugmaker Pfizer just hours after its U.S. suitor said it would walk away if its offer were rebuffed, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. (link.reuters.com/tan49v)* Google Inc was said to be in talks to acquire video-streaming service Twitch, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

Google Inc. (Google), is a global technology company. Shares of GOOG traded higher by 0.13% or $0.65/share to $520.63. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $502.80 and as high as $604.83. On average, 2475440 shares of GOOG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1481688.



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