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Lockheed delivered fraction of missile defense interceptors

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp delivered only three of 44 interceptors for the THAAD missile defense system in fiscal year 2015 due to a seven-month halt in production caused by computer issues, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said. The interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program, which has an average budget of $800 million a year, are now expected to be delivered by September

Google, others help messaging startup Symphony raise $100 million

(Reuters) – Symphony Communication Services, a messaging startup backed by Wall Street banks, said it had raised more than $100 million in a new round of funding from investors including Google, UBS Group AG and European venture capital firm Lakestar. Symphony’s chat service allows financial firms, corporate customers and individuals to put all of their digital communications on one centralized platform. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the

AB InBev raises takeover offer for SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) raised its takeover offer for SABMiller (SAB.L) on Monday, as the world’s largest brewer tries to win over its smaller rival to the idea of creating a giant that would make nearly a third of the world’s beer. The maker of Budweiser and Stella Artois is offering 43.50 pounds per share in cash to most SABMiller shareholders, with an option available for some to take a lower-priced

ECB's Coeure says too early to decide on more stimulus – CNBC

It is too early for the European Central Bank to decide on expanding or extending its asset-purchase programme, a member of the ECB’s executive board said on Monday, even after inflation in the currency bloc turned negative. Six months into the ECB’s 60-billion-euros a month asset-purchase programme, headline price growth in the currency bloc turned negative in September, leading some market participants to speculate that the scheme may be ramped