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Best Buy invests $2.15 billion for a 50 percent stake in the European joint venture.

The 2,400 Carphone stores in nine countries will keep their names but will sell cameras, laptops and DVD players.

Best Buy will put its name on large-format stores it plans to open in Europe starting in 2009.

To finance the deal, Best Buy is dropping its $800 million share buyback plan.

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