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RLPC-Ratiopharm suitors to resubmit bids by Dec.3 -sources

* Second set of indicative bids due Dec. 3

Wyo enviros oppose drilling in 1st national forest

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Environmentalists are questioning the legal justification offered for what would be the only active oil well inside the nation's first national forest.

Hutchison wants more technology in Texas schools

Suit seeks to stop grazing along upper Missouri

BILLINGS, Mont. - A push to end grazing along a 150-mile stretch of the Missouri River would bar about 10,000 cattle from federal lands in central Montana so that the river valley can be restored to more natural conditions.

Lawmakers aim to thwart Ohio casino development

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A group of central Ohio lawmakers is advancing a plan to beef up cities' rights against four casinos that Ohio voters authorized in November.

Ga. task force: 2012 too soon to find new water

ATLANTA - There are plenty of ways that Georgia can quench metro Atlanta's thirst if the city is cut off from its main reservoir.

Farm runoff in 41 watersheds feeding Mississippi

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.

FCC chairman: Broadband access should be universal

Tiffany raises outlook as 3Q profit comes in ahead

NEW YORK - Curbed discretionary spending pushed Tiffany & Co.'s U.S. sales lower in the third quarter, contributing to a 1 percent profit decline.

Futures point to higher open after jobless data

By Ryan Vlastelica

CNPC, KazMunaiGas buy MangistauMunaiGas for $2.6 bln

* KazMunaiGas and CNPC pay $2.6 billion

UK court rules in favour of banks on charges

* Supreme Court says overdraft charges part of service fees

European stocks bounce back; all eyes on U.S. data

* FTSEurofirst rises 0.5 percent, up 4.7 percent this month

Clearwire Escrow prices $920M senior notes offer

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. said Clearwire Escrow Corp. has priced an offering of $920 million senior secured notes at 97.9 percent.

Ericsson to buy Nortel business for $70M

NEW YORK - LM Ericsson of Sweden said Wednesday it plans to buy Nortel Networks Corp.'s North American GSM business for $70 million in cash.

COLUMN-Medvedev jail-death probe too little, too late:Jason Bush

-- Jason Bush is a Reuters columnist.

TIMELINE-Koenigsegg pulls out of deal to buy Saab

Nov 25 (Reuters) - A deal for U.S. carmaker General Motors (GM) [GM.UL] to sell its struggling Swedish unit Saab has collapsed. [ID:nN2418890] Following are key events in Saab's history:

Dubai World, Nakheel seek standstill in revamp, govt says

DUBAI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The government of Dubai will ask creditors to its two flagship firms, Dubai World and property group Nakheel, to a debt standstill as it restructured the Dubai World group, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.

Tiffany profit beats; view raised ahead of holiday

By Phil Wahba