Hasbro in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation: NYT
Toymaker Hasbro Inc (HAS.O) is in talks to buy Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O), the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) said it would buy Procter & Gamble Co's (PG.N) Duracell battery business in exchange for its entire $4.7 billion stake in the world's No. 1 household products maker.
Bank of Nova Scotia filed with U.S. regulators to offer common shares, preferred shares and debt worth up to $7 billion. Scotiabank, Canada's No. 3 lender, said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that proceeds from the offering would be used for general banking purposes.
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in a movie directed by Oliver Stone about the former National Security Agency contractor who blew the whistle on the U.S government's mass surveillance programs, the film's backers said on Monday.
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