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    Reuters – Wed, Sep 5, 2012

    Sept 5 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related

    stories were reported by media on Wednesday:

    * The owner of Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Co has hired

    banks to explore an initial public offering of the firm's

    Canadian department stores to raise about C$500 million ($506.9

    million), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person

    familiar with the matter.

    * Madrid is planning to provide 4.5 billion euros ($5.65

    billion)of stopgap rescue money to Bankia, the

    nationalised bank, by injecting it with Spanish government debt,

    the Financial Times reported.

    * Stockholm-based Brummer & Partners is preparing one of the

    largest new European hedge fund launches of 2012 with a vehicle,

    which will demand longer-term monetary commitments from

    investors, the Financial Times reported.

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