A Reuters report stated that Amazon Inc invested a massive USD13.9 million on warehouse facilities to strengthen its expansion.

BHP Billiton finally makes a major investment after declaring last year that the mining company will not partake in any big expenditures.

KKR inked a definitive agreement to buy RigNet Inc from Cubera. Leading investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) signed a definitive agreement to acquire RigNet Inc.

Semiconductor company Ambiq Micro raised USD 10 million for its Series B round. Texas-based Ambiq Micro closed its Series B funding round with USD 10 million.

Hannover Re said it was in talks with Lloyd's Banking Group-owned Heidelberger Leben for a possible purchase of a minority stake.

Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to buy shares in Indian software company Hexaware Technologies.

Cairn Energy said its planned explorations in Northwest Africa and Ireland yielded up to 25% chance of success compared to its exploratory project in Greenland.

Glencore announced plans to sell off parts of recently acquired Xstrata assets. Glencore took a hit on Xstrata's mining assets for USD 7. 7 billion on Tuesday .

GSW Immobilien said it would study the EUR 1.75 billion takeover bid of Deutsche Women before giving any comment.

Indonesia's two main state pension funds increased their stock purchases, which helped pare losses for Jakarta's battered share prices.