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Yemenia, the official carrier of the state of Yemen, based in Sanaa, has signed a firm contract for ten Airbus A350 XWB aircraft as part of its long haul fleet modernization programme.

Tiger Airways, Asia Pacific's fast growing low-fare carrier, has signed a contract for an additional 30 Airbus A320s and 20 options.

Vietnam Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 10 A350-900 XWBs, as well as for 20 additional A321s.

British Airways will buy 12 Airbus A380 aircraft as part of the airlines' long term fleet modernisation. The announcement marks the first time British Airways has selected to introduce Airbus aircraft for the company's long haul fleet.

Logitech International today announced that its board of directors has approved a new share buyback program, which authorizes the Company to invest up to $250 million to purchase its own shares, subject to the approval of the Swiss Takeover Board.

Boeing announced orders for 11 787-8 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s with TUI Group, Europe's largest integrated-tourism company. The orders were previously recorded on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site as unidentified. The value of the orders is approximately $4.7 billion at list prices.

Pearson, the international education and information company, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier for $950m in cash.

Yahoo! today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Right Media Inc., creator of the Right Media Exchange. The acquisition of Right Media will build upon Yahoo!'s leadership in online advertising and is a key step towards executing the Company's long-term strategy to transform how online advertisers connect to and engage with their customers - both on and off the Yahoo! network.

The Managing Board and the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO today announce the sale of ABN AMRO North America Holding Company which principally consists of the retail and commercial banking activities of LaSalle Bank Corporation ("LaSalle") to Bank of America for USD 21 billion in cash. ABN AMRO's North American Asset Management businesses and certain businesses within ABN AMRO's North American Global Markets and Global Clients operations do not form part of the sale.

AstraZeneca to acquire MedImmune for $58 per share in a fully recommended, all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of $15.2 billion.

Philips announced that it has completed its acquisition of Partners in Lighting International.