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By Caroline Winter

May 31, 2012 at 9:01 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 4, 2012 issue of businessweek.

1. Japan’s biggest agricultural trader, Marubeni, will buy U.S. grain merchandiser Gavilon Group for $3.6 billion. The deal will double Marubeni’s grain trading capacity.

2. Lehman Brothers Holdings reached a deal to pay Bank of America and Barclays $1.6 billion for their 26.5 percent stake in Archstone. The deal gives Lehman full ownership of the real estate company.