 Money news at 10 and 40 past the hour. The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has a deal to acquire Neiman Marcus. The $2.6 billion deal has been in negotiations for several years after Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy protection. Saks was bought by HBC in 2013, the year after HBC also acquired Lord & Taylor. The new group's only remaining competitors in the U.S. will be Macy's, which owns Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom.