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In corporate news, Axel Springer SE SPR, +6.72% climbed 6.1% following a report in The Wall Street Journal that the German publisher is in talks to merge with ProSiebenSat.1 AG PSM, +0.12% Axel Springer said Tuesday that majority shareholder Friede Springer is intent on keeping control of the company.
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