PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - March 21

> AT&T TO BUY T-MOBILE USA FOR $39 BLN AT&T (T.N) agreed to buy T-Mobile [TMOG.UL] USA from Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) for about $39 billion in cash and stock as it moved to reshape the U.S. telecoms industry. here#axzz1HAzQO4TP OBJECTORS TO BSKYB DEAL RULE OUT LEGAL REVIEW Opponents hoping to block Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSA.O) bid for BSkyB (BSY.L) have privately admitted they have almost no chance of success after failing to reach a unanimous agreement to go ahead with a legal review. here#axzz1HAzQO4TP ETISALAT ABANDONS PLAN TO BUY ZAIN STAKE UAE-controlled phone company Etisalat ETEL.AD has abandoned plans to buy a $12 billion stake in Zain (ZAIN.KW), a Kuwaiti rival, citing the Middle East's political upheaval. here#axzz1HAzQO4TP EU PLANS NEW TRANSPARENCY RULES FOR MINING GROUPS Mining and forestry companies in Europe could be required to detail their financial relationships with foreign companies under plans being prepared by the European Union.

"> AT&T TO BUY T-MOBILE USA FOR $39 BLN AT&T (T.N) agreed to buy T-Mobile [TMOG.UL] USA from Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) for about $39 billion in cash and stock as it moved to reshape the U.S"here#axzz1HAzQO4TP IRAN BOUGHT GOLD TO REDUCE DOLLAR EXPOSURE Iran has bought large amounts of gold in the international market in a sign of how political pressure drove Tehran to reduce its exposure to the U.S. dollar, according to WikiLeaks cables seen by the FT. here#axzz1HAzQO4TP (Summary compiled by Reuters) Stocks Global Markets Media Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints