GRAINS-Corn and soy fall as rain forecast in US, wheat up Recasts with European trade, adds new comment, changes dateline By Michael Hogan HAMBURG, July 26 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean and corn prices fell on Friday but were set for weekly gains of around 4% with welcome rain forecast for parched U.S. crop belts. Wheat rose, but was still down around 1% on the week, with traders weighing positive reports on U.S.

UPDATE 1-Deutsche Bank plays down prospect of M&A any time soon Updates with details from paragraph 2 FRANKFURT, July 25 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE is focused on making itself stronger by doing its "homework" rather than considering mergers and acquisitions, the lender's finance chief said on Thursday, noting any tie-up could be "much further down the road".

UPDATE 3-German 2-year yield hits lowest since Feb, curve least inverted in 6 months Adds background, updates prices By Stefano Rebaudo and Alun John LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Germany's two-year debt yield hit its lowest level since February on Thursday and the yield curve was its least inverted in six months as weak economic data led investors to bet on a quicker European Central Bank monetary easing cycle.

UPDATE 2-UniCredit tops profit forecast, makes cloud investment Better than forecast revenue in Q2, slightly ups goal Takes provisions on Russia after court seizure CEO says to wind down Russia business over 1-2 years Adds detail on Russia in paragraphs 2-4, analyst comment in paragraph 12 By Valentina Za MILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Italian bank UniCredit CRDI.MI beat second-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday and said it was buying a Belgian digital bank that has its own cloud-based IT plat

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Barclays, Mips AB, Novo Nordisk July 19 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Barclays, Mips AB and Novo Nordisk on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Barclays BARC.L : Jefferies raises target price to 341p from 335p * Mips AB MIPS.ST : Jefferies raises to buy from hold * Novo Nordisk NOVOB.CO : HSBC raises target price to DKK 1150 from DKK 1030 * Spectris SXS.L : HSBC raises target price to 3750p from 3425p * S