UPDATE 1-U.S. mall owner Simon to buy rival Taubman in $3.6 bln deal <!-- no image --> <div>Top U.S. shopping centers owner Simon Property Group Inc on Monday agreed to buy rival Taubman Centers Inc in a deal valued at $3.6 billion.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hf-42MthBrI:QWAXCOLgNdY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hf-42MthBrI:QWAXCOLgNdY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=hf-42MthBrI:QWAXCOLgNdY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=hf-42MthBrI:QWAXCOLgNdY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=hf-42MthBrI:QWAXCOLgNdY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/hf-42MthBrI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters