Mckesson's planned bid of Celesio would signal a takeover of the German drug distributor. According to two sources who were familiar with the negotiations, US drugs distributor McKesson was close to offering a deal to German company Celesio.

HSBC Holdings plc failed to obtain regulatory approval from the State Bank of Pakistan to sell its banking business in Pakistan.

American Realty Capital Properties said it would be buying Cole Real Estate Investments in a cash or stock deal worth USD11.2 billion.

A regulatory filing revealed that social networking service for film enthusiasts Mubi received a new USD5.1 million investment from unnamed investors.

Cureatr's primary product, a secure messaging app for doctors, received significant backing from investors including Milestone Venture Partners and Cardinal Partners.

The deal pegged to be at USD500 million is now worth USD1 billion. United Arab Emirates mall operator Majid Al Futtaim had set a maximum deal volume of USD500 million for a new hybrid bond according to a source familiar with the transaction.

Bromium's oversubscribed Series C funding round had raised USD40 million. Bromium, whose micro virtual machine technology assisted IT administrators in trapping malware, raised USD40 million in investment capital.

The shareholders of Egypt's Citadel Capital had approved the share sale for increased capitalization expected to reach EGP3.64 billion.

A Rocket Internet and iMENA Holding consortium would be marketing mobile app Easy Taxi to North Africa and the Middle East.

16 startups whose products focused from cloud services to video and imaging technologies had received USD65 million in investment from Intel Capital.