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This is Bloomberg Surveillance.

Good morning. I'm Michael McKee, along with Tom Keen, live from London this week as we bring

surveillance on the road to cover the debate over whether the United Kingdom

should leave the European Union.

There are some headlines beyond that in the corporate world that people are following today including a report that

Vladimir Putin considering selling part of Russia's corporate crown jewels to China

and India he's seeking a buyer for about 20% of the oil company

Rosneff and now indicating for the first time he might prefer a joint deal

with those two nations to drive growth in energy demand.

Carl ICON, in the news again this morning, he's been looking to buy more of Federal Mogul, boosting

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