Sources told Reuters that Alibaba's apps could be pre-installed on the mobile phones of China Telecom as part of the strategic agreement of both companies.

Sources told Reuters that shareholders of Smithfield Foods Inc was close to approving the Chinese company's USD 4.7 billion offer.

Sharp Corp announced that it would raise up to USD 1.68 billion through a public offer and third party placements.

According to a report by The Economic Times, the exterior of the new iPhones were not entirely different from last year's iPhone 5 release.

According to a zdnet.com blog post, everyone won't be able to access iOS 7 right away after its release on Wednesday as servers could crash and the Internet might cease engine simultaneous searches from millions of Apple users.

On Wednesday, Ferrexpo PLC announced it had purchased a 14.4% stake in Ferrous Resources valued at USD80 million.

In a lawsuit filed in a Delaware court, shareholders claimed that Dole Foods Co Chief Executive David Murdock manipulated events in order to have his 2013 USD13.50 per share buyout approved by the company executive board.

Spain's Bankia had been in exclusive discussions with brokerage GVC to sell its own brokerage unit valued between EUR20 million and EUR40 million, said sources.

According to a Reuters report, Freelancer.com would be planning a local IPO in Australia that would help boost Australia's fast-growing technology markets.

According to sources, Polaris Financial Technologies had opened talks with Tokyo-based NEC Corporation to sell its IT division.