>>> T. Rowe Price letter urges Time Warner Cable/Charter talks -sources

Jan 23 (Reuters) - T. Rowe Price Group sent a letter this week to Time Warner Cable urging the cable company to have talks with smaller cable provider Charter about a possible deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

As of Sept. 30, T. Rowe owned 5.16 percent of Charter shares and 2.3 percent of Time Warner Cable shares. T. Rowe is Time Warner Cable's eighth-largest shareholder and Charter's third-largest shareholder, the latest publicly available filings show, according to Thomson One.

T. Rowe is the first shareholder to send a letter to Time Warner Cable management since Charter made its approach with a $37.3 billion offer, one of the people said.

Members of Time Warner Cable's board have read the letter, but their reaction was not immediately clear, sources said.

It also wasn't clear whether T. Rowe was urging Time Warner Cable to consider a deal at a specific price.

Representatives from Charter, T. Rowe Price and Liberty Media declined to comment. A spokeswoman from Time Warner Cable said, "Time Warner Cable has an active, ongoing dialogue with many of its shareholders."

Charter, backed by billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media Corp, announced its $132.50 per share bid for Time Warner Cable on Jan 13, which the larger rival promptly rejected as too low. Time Warner Cable responded that it was open to a deal at $160 per share.

The Financial Times first reported the news on Thursday.

>>> The S&P is down 1.3% with materials posting biggest losses

The S&P is down 1.3% with materials posting biggest losses
Sector Ticker % Change YTD % Change
Materials XLB -2.1% -3%
Financials XLF -2.0% -2%
Energy XLE -1.5% -3%
Industrials XLI -1.4% -2%
Health Care XLV -1.2% 2%
Cons. Staples XLP -1.2% -3%
Cons. Disc. XLY -1.1% -4%
Telecom IYZ -0.9% -1%
Technology XLK -0.8% 0%
Utilities XLU -0.6% 1%

>>> Nissan, Renault to Merge Global Production, Nikkei Says

This is a very good news.

Nissan ADRs is +1,79% in New York, +5,68% from lows of the day
Renault is not trading in the US, stock was down -1,61% today


BFW 01/23 17:26 Nissan, Renault to Merge Global Production, Nikkei Says
BFW 01/23 17:23 *NISSAN, RENAULT TO MERGE GLOBAL PRODUCTION, NIKKEI SAYS
MORE: Nissan, Renault to Merge Global Production, Nikkei Says
2014-01-23 18:12:47.90 GMT


By Akiko Nishimae
     Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- (Adds ADR reaction, bullet points)
Cos. expect to save more than 400b yen in annual costs,
newspaper reports on Japanese-language website.
  * Nissan ADRs reverse decline after report
  * To name person in April to oversee merged production: Nikkei
  * Will streamline development: Nikkei
  * Will share standard parts to produce different cars on same
    lines: Nikkei
  * To share technology for electric and fuel-cell cars,
    automatic driving: Nikkei


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Nissan, Renault to Merge Global Production, Nikkei Says

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By Akiko Nishimae Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Cos. expect to save more than 400b yen in annual costs, newspaper reports on Japanese-language website.

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(BFW) Airbus Falls; VEB Sells Rest of Planemaker Stake, Interfax Says

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Airbus Falls; VEB Sells Rest of Planemaker Stake, Interfax Says 2014-01-23 16:19:25.978 GMT

By Benjamin Dow Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Russian state development bank VEB exits stake in Airbus, Interfax says, citing interview with VEB Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev in Davos, Switzerland. * Airbus shares down as much as 4.8%, most in a year, on vol. 1.4x of 3-mo. daily avg. * NOTE: Aug. 16: Russia’s VEB Started to Sell 5% Stake in EADS, Vedomosti Reports * VEB had 2.9% stake as of July 2013: Bloomberg data

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(BFW) *BUYING REGENERON WOULD BE ’WAY TO SCREW IT UP’: SANOFI CEO

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BN 01/23 15:52 *SANOFI CEO INTERVIEW ENDS BN 01/23 15:51 *BUYING REGENERON WOULD BE 'WAY TO SCREW IT UP': SANOFI CEO BN 01/23 15:47 *SANOFI SAYS LEMTRADA CAN STILL BE A BIG SUCCESS BN 01/23 15:46 *SANOFI CEO VIEHBACHER SPEAKS IN BLOOMBERG TV INTERVIEW AT DAVOS BN 01/23 15:45 *SANOFI 'S VIEHBACHER SAYS CO. HAS ONE OF TOP 5 PIPELINES

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*BUYING REGENERON WOULD BE ’WAY TO SCREW IT UP’: SANOFI CEO 2014-01-23 15:51:39.460 GMT

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