French water utility Veolia is now considering to buy out some minority investors but will not make acquisitions policy.

Mylan increases market share with Stride purchase. The world's second largest stand alone generic drugs maker, Mylan Inc has agreed to purchase Stride Acroblab Ltd's injectable medicine unit.

BCBG sale may reach US$1 billion BCBG Max Azria Group Inc, the fashion house to stars such as Beyonce and Angelina Jolie, is now expecting to sell at an amount nearing US$1 billion.

Y&R, the wholly-operating company owned by WPP PLC, has acquired a majority stake of Turkish C-Section.

Allianz has been in the focus of its own growth in the German market. The business unit of Allianz in Germany has been considering merger opportunities in the Germany market as it focuses on increasing its business presence, according to Markus Riess, unit head.

Sorin Group and Enopace Biomedical have reached agreement in which the former is provided with the power to acquire the latter in the future.

Freeport reached an agreement to acquire Plains Exploration & Production Co. and McMoran Exploration Co. with proceeds to fund its move to enter oil and gas production market.

Clearwire gets money from Sprint yet still allows bid from Dish. Clearwire Corp announced it would draw on the debt money provided by Sprint Nextel Corp.

There is still no timetable agreed when to dispose the 82% stake of the government in Royal Bank of Scotland.

RBS has reported good earnings that it hopes to influence the government to sell its 82 percent stake in the company.