Business

• Dish abandons Sprint bid to focus on Clearwire June 18, 2013
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday that it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel and focus instead on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp […]
• Icahn seeks Dell share buyback, buys Southeastern stock June 18, 2013
  (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn promised Dell Inc shareholders that the company would buy back up to $16 billion of stock if they join his campaign to stop the computer maker from going private. […]

UK

• UK food producers, grocers sign up to healthy label scheme June 18, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's major food manufacturers and retailers have agreed to follow the same system of nutritional labelling as part of a government initiative to tackle obesity and poor diet and ease the financial burden on health services. […]

World

• Mali government signs ceasefire deal with Tuareg rebels June 18, 2013
  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The Malian government signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops and civilian administrators to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before an election next month. […]