Shuanghui International Holdings and Smithfield Foods Inc released a joint statement saying they received another clearance from the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment on the food firms' USD4.7 billion takeover deal.

Local and foreign oil firms in Iraq would be keeping low profiles as tensions regarding a possible Syria strike retaliation looms over Iraq.

Court papers released to the public on Friday indicated that Bank of American Corp. and Merrill Lynch & Co. would be settling on its gender bias lawsuit filed on behalf by its female brokers for USD39 million.

Malkin Holdings, who manages the Empire State Building and its investors, to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) of the building into a real estate investment trust (REIT).

The buyout of Onyx Pharmaceuticals was tainted with conflicts of interest and undervaluation, according to its shareholders.

Harman International Industries Inc CEO Dinesh Paliwal said that the European market is improving as two of its largest automakers have reported healthy profits for the second quarter of 2013.

There are many options available to Telecom Italia, but there are specifics being searched for, according to its Chairman Franco Bernabe.

Startup firm BoostCTR had announced it had raised USD8 million in Series B funding and hired a new CTO for the firm.

WestView Capital Partners had wrapped up a total of USD430 million which sources referred to as an oversubscribed fund.

Keval Shah had announced resignation from the company as its co-head of FIG syndicate and would take a post at Lloyds Bank.