UPDATE 3-Germany's JAB to buy Douwe Egberts firm in $9.8 bln deal

German investor Joh A Benckiser is to buy the owner of Douwe Egberts coffee in a 7.5-billion-euro deal to create a global hot drinks empire aimed at taking on market leaders Nestle and Mondelez International.

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