Reuters Morning Digest: February 7, 2019

Click to View in Browser Thursday, February 7, 2019 BB&T Corp to buy SunTrust Banks for $28 billion in stock BB&T Corporation said on Thursday it will buy SunTrust Banks Inc for $28.24 billion in an all-stock deal, creating the sixth largest U.S. bank based on assets and deposits. With border blocked, desperate Venezuelans ask how U.S. aid will arrive Desperate Venezuelans asked on Wednesday how they would gain access to U.S. food and medicine aid due to arrive via the Colombia border after President Nicolas Maduro's government blocked the frontier crossing to any humanitarian shipments. Italy government denies report it will ban Huawei, ZTE from 5G plans The industry ministry denied on Thursday a newspaper report that it planned to ban China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp from participating in the roll out of Italy's 5G infrastructure. Brick by Lego brick, teen builds his own prosthetic arm David Aguilar has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces after being born without a right forearm due to a rare genetic condition. Qatar climb 38 places in FIFA rankings after Asian Cup triumph Qatar have moved up to 55th in the FIFA world rankings, their best position in 26 years, after their breakthrough Asian Cup triumph in the United Arab Emirates last week. Puppets on a string draw children's smiles in Gaza A Palestinian puppeteer is tugging at heartstrings in Gaza. Greek minister caught taking a puff tells EU official to butt out Greece's deputy health minister has told the European Union's top health official to butt out after getting a reprimand for smoking in public. Related Video Trump picks a World Bank critic as next head MA court upholds ruling in teen texting suicide case Great Debate Cox: AT&T opens itself up to activist attack Cox: Amsterdam has first-world financial dilemma A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2019 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook