Early Global News . Monday . December 7, 2015

DATE    Jiayuan.com International Ltd. Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement   Press Release

DATE    One Is the Loneliest Number: China's Single Population Nears 200 Million    WSJ

NPTOY    French Shipping Company CMA CGM (3rd largest shipping company in the world) to Buy Neptune Orient Lines for $2.4 Billion  (Deal values the company at $5 billion, with debt.)     WSJ

OMX: ELUX B   (WHR not mentioned)    Electrolux's $3.3 billion acquisition of GE Appliances falls through   Reuters

ELNK  ENLC      EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK) to Acquire Tall Oak Midstream in $1.55B Deal   Press Release

AIG offering up to $1 billion stake in Chinese insurer PICC P&C     Reuters

AVP    Avon chairman to open talks with activists    Financial Times

BBY   WHR  GE  (not mentioned)    Will Consumers Flock to Stores or Online for Holiday Purchases?  (Internet users will pay more for appliances this year.)   eMarketer

BABA   MMM   (APT not mentioned)   Rising smog levels prompt brisk sales of respiratory masks in China   Mashable

WTW     Weight Watchers launches app    Financial Times

BABA   Alibaba's AliExpress to Collect Annual Service Fee  Wshang

GiLD   Annual HIV diagnoses down 19 percent over the past decade    Washington Post

GLUU    SEHK: 700    Tencent Aims for Overseas Mobile-Game Domination   WSJ

SNE   GME    Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits sales records     Financial Times

China GDP to grow at 6.5% in 2016, think tank says  State Information Center

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