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(For Reuters columns on deals, click on DEALTALK/ ) Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said it would acquire rival drugmakerWyeth WYE.N for $68 billion in a deal designed to soften theblow of losing its biggest product to generic competition. To read more, double click on ID:nN26367941 American International Group Inc (AIG.N), the giantinsurer bailed out by taxpayers, said it is seeking buyers fora fund management business. ID:nN26373695 Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N) said it does not intend to closethe acquisition of rival Rohm and Haas Co ROH.N by Jan. ID:nN26354885 Russian oil company Sibir Energy Plc SBE.L said itsold its 50 percent stake in refiner Korimos to MoscowRefinery, controlled by a joint venture between Sibir andGazprom Neft (SIBN.MM), for $68 million. ID:nBNG414419 The owner of Russia's Eldorado will transfer his 51percent stake in the electronics retailer to Czech PPF GroupPPFGP.UL, which will in return write off its $500 millionloan, a business daily reported.

ID:nLQ201584 Defense firm Allen-Vanguard Corp VRS.TO agreed to beacquired by Tailwind Financial Inc TNF.A TNfu.TO, aspecial purpose acquisition company, for about $35 million instock. ID:nBNG213148 Swiss technology group Oerlikon (OERL.VX) is sellingloss-making semiconductor businesses Esec and Etch as itfocuses its strategy on growth areas, such as its solar unit,it said. ID:nLQ447920 Shares in pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Aventis (SASY.PA)dropped in an upward market on Monday as traders cited markettalk it could bid for Dutch vaccine maker Crucell NV (CRCL.AS).ID:nWEA3338 South Africa's biggest consumer goods group, TigerBrands (TBSJ.J), made a new approach to AVI Ltd (AVIJ.J) abouta potential offer for the company, and its smaller rival isconsidering the proposal. ID:nLQ156075 Norwegian gas shipper BW Gas Limited BWGAS.OL said ithas agreed to buy four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriersfrom World Nordic SE for $720 million and will pay for thevessels by issuing new shares. ID:nLQ134672 Japanese soy sauce maker Kikkoman Corp (2801.T) saidU.S. drinks maker Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) was seeking a 50 percentstake in an unlisted Kikkoman subsidiary, Tone Coca-ColaBottling Co. ID:nT96966 Danish insurer TrygVesta (TRYG.CO) said it was in talksto buy small Swedish insurer Moderna.

ID:nDKT002361 Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine (VOES.VI) is eyeing twopossible purchases of railway systems makers in the UnitedStates, Austrian newspaper WirtschaftsBlatt reported.ID:nLQ133499 Wyeth WYE.N withdrew from talks to acquire Dutchvaccine-maker Crucell, sending Crucell's shares tumbling, asthe U.S. drugmaker's own $68 billion takeover by Pfizer nearedagreement. ID:nLQ120204 Turkey's Finansbank, a unit of Greece's largest lenderNational Bank (NBG) (NBGr.AT), said it had decided to sell itsMalta subsidiary to another unit of NBG for 185 million euros($240 million). ID:nLQ461162 Coal miner Polo Resources Ltd (3PO.L) said it receivedan unsolicited offer approach from a private equity firm.ID:nBNG407086 (Compiled by Archana Shankar in Bangalore) Mergers & Acquisitions Funds News ETFs News Russia. ) Syracuse was beaten up, beaten down, beaten left, and beaten right by the West Virginia Mountaineers. What appeared to be a better matchup from the week before apparently wasn't, and Syracuse was not competitive in a 34-13 beatdown.But, of course, that isn't the story.

The story is not the dropped passes from the receivers, not the blowout to West Virginia, not even the 0-2 start to the Big East season for Doug Marrone and the Orange. Doug Marrone has already openly said that Greg Paulus is the starter. While a quarterback debate would definitely be normal with the play of the past two weeks with the starter, it is being magnified because of who our quarterback is.Even more than the question of who should be the starter, there is now the question of "Did Syracuse bring on Paulus as a marketing tactic" While this is completely ridiculous, it is being asked.The focus being on Greg Paulus is not his fault, but it is there nonetheless. Many people insisted before seeing a down of football that Greg Paulus gives us a better chance than Ryan Nassib, and after this past week, those same people are abandoning ship a little bit.Amidst the chaos, I bring a question of my own. If we play the rest of the season out like this, win a couple more games with Paulus at the helm, and finish not bowl eligible, was it worth itThe main reason that I was against this experiment was because in the long run I don't think that this does anything to help the team. If he could get Syracuse bowl eligible, I would be all for it, but I did not think that would be the case.This isn't a team that was in the verge of achieving something great but missing that last piece to the puzzle.