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Friday Express: Goldman Sachs, Blackstone resolve derivatives trade standoff

* Goldman Sachs Group and Blackstone Group have resolved the dispute over a derivatives trade on bonds issued by homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, sources told The Wall Street Journal.

* New Jersey-based MB Mutual Holding is acquiring smaller in-state banking peer Metuchen MHC.

* Italy-based payment processor SIA is buying First Data's card processing business in parts of Central and Southeastern Europe for $439.2 million.

* New York-based private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management has hired two investment banks to help sell defense contractor DynCorp International, sources told Reuters.

* PayPal Holdings plans to pursue more deals in the next several years and eyes expansion in India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and possibly China.

* Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services secured the final order of the Superior Court of Quebec to create a holding company consisting of all iA Financial Group activities.

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