(Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) has no plans to raise its offer for NYSE Euronext (NYX.N), two people familiar with the company's thinking said on Monday. The operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange is preparing to file an offer document with German regulator BaFin as early as Tuesday, the people said. Deutsche Boerse declined to comment.

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(Reuters) - Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the surging media tablet market for years, with Google playing catch-up, research firm Gartner said on Monday. Gartner said it expects 70 million media tablets to be sold this year and 108 million in 2012, compared with just 17.6 million in 2010. Apple's share of the market will gradually decline to 47 percent in 2015 from 69 percent this year, while Google's share will rise to 39 percent from 20 percent now.

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(Reuters) - PIMCO has shifted to a short position in U.S. government-related debt in the world's largest bond fund, while also raising cash holdings in a sign of the asset manager's serious concerns about the U.S. fiscal outlook. The portion of PIMCO's $236 billion Total Return Fund held in U.S. government debt, including U.S. Treasuries, was -3 percent of total assets in the fund as of March, down from zero in February, the firm's website showed.

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(Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group and IntercontinentalExchange responded late Sunday to NYSE Euronext's rejection of their joint proposed bid, reaffirming that their cash and stock offer is superior to the offer submitted by rival Deutsche Boerse AG. "The feedback we have received from NYSE Euronext stockholders is very positive, and we would expect NYSE Euronext would, at the very least, meet with us and our advisors to discuss the merits of the proposed combination," Robert Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq, said in the statement.

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(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) is not expected to attempt a buyout of its oligarch partners in its Russian venture TNK-BP (TNBP.MM) anytime soon, if at all, banking and industry sources said. The Mail on Sunday reported BP was working over the weekend with state-controlled Rosneft (ROSN.MM) to buy out the billionaires who own half of TNK-BP, while Monday's Financial Times said BP would this week seek Russian government approval for such a move, either alone or with Rosneft.

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(Reuters) - The growth outlook for major industrialized economies is improving with Germany and the United States leading the recovery, the OECD's leading indicator for February showed on Monday. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said its composite leading indicator (CLI) for member countries rose to 103.2 points in February from 103.0 in January, well above a long-term average of 100.

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(Reuters) - Brent crude oil retreated on Monday below $126 and U.S. crude futures slipped as the African Union signaled progress in Libyan peace talks yet government forces continued their bombardment of Misrata. At 1337 GMT, ICE Brent crude for May was down 70 cents to $125.95 a barrel after hitting an intraday low of $124.69 a barrel, down almost $2. U.S. crude for May delivery was down by 53 cents to $112.26 a barrel after earlier slipping to $111.53.

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(Reuters) - Higher commodity prices drove a bid for materials and energy stocks in an otherwise lackluster session on Friday, ahead of the start of the corporate earnings season, seen as the next catalyst to drive stocks higher. Stocks have traded in a tight range, running into resistance at elevated levels this week. Volume has been low as investors hold off making big bets before companies report their quarterly results.

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(Reuters) - Dueling views on the outlook for inflation and U.S. monetary policy by two top Federal Reserve officials on Friday underscored divisions at the central bank as it nears the end of a controversial stimulus program. In comments that reflect the majority view at the Fed -- including Chairman Ben Bernanke -- Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said it was unlikely that recent spikes in commodity costs will lead to runaway increases in prices.

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(Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are in the early stages of reviewing rules governing share issuances by private companies, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said on Friday. "Many of the rules we have in place governing the offering process are decades old," she told an audience of business journalists in Dallas. "It makes sense for us ... to take a look at whether our rules have kept pace with changing market dynamics."

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