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Prudential in AIG Asia talks

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The board of Prudential, responding to press speculation has confirmed it is in "advanced discussions" with AIG to buy the US firm's Asian part of its business. Business editor Robert Peston discusses how it is probably the most ambitious takeover by a British firm in the last decade.

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