Leucadia National Corp bought USD 158 million worth of Harbinger Group Inc shares from Philip Falcone's hedge funds.

Sources told Reuters that the United Overseas Bank of Singapore and the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group was contemplating a bid for Wing Hang Bank.

Swiftype, a software company that assists clients to integrate search engines in their company sites, raised another USD7.5 million in its recent funding round.

US Government software contractor Palantir Technologies, Inc has raised USD196.5 million in capital for growth, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

JC Penney Co Inc's decision to sell shares caused its stock value to further depreciate. The decision by JC Penney Co to strengthen its cash reserves by the issuance of new USD1 billion in new shares resulted in a decline in its stocks by more than 13% last Friday.

Alfa, the Mexican conglomerate, had laid out plans to conduct an IPO of its food subsidiary Sigma Alimentos.

America Movil is biding its time in making a formal offer for KPN. America Movil SAB recently said it won't be making a formal offer until early October as it needs more time to negotiate with the management of Royal KPN NV.

General Motors newly issued unsecured bonds were offered to the market and was lauded as preparatory for the return to investment grade status.

Arkansas is the first of many states in the US that would receive funds for Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

Greencoat, fresh from its IPO, purchases two wind farm projects from BayWa at a total cost of GBP70 million.