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Warren Buffett-backed Capital One is set to acquire US credit card issuer Discover Financial Services in an all-stock deal valued at $35.3 billion.

India's securities market regulator Sebi is upgrading and strengthening its surveillance system on commodity exchanges (CommExes). Recently, Sebi has barred 16 commodity trading members from trading f..

Encouraging gains on Wall Street were propelling up stocks in Asia and Australia. Barring Hang Kong and Japan, all the major market benchmark indices in Asia and Australia, rose...

Argentina is planning to issue $15-bilion bonds making it the largest sum by any developing nation since 1996. Country's new President Mauricio Macri-led government will use funds mobilized through bo..

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With infrastructure demand at an all time high, there are still many pitfalls that investors face when putting their money into Southeast Asia.

VTB Group Bank recently purchased the Russian subsidiary of Tele2.

Lehman Brothers, once Wall Street's larger banks, has announced its payout to creditors after its emergence from bankruptcy protection.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission issued guidelines on the proper handling of wealth management instruments.

HSBC winds up Hermitage Fund.

Doha Bank releases two part issue to increase capitalization.

The Popular Bank of Cyprus would be shut down and funds be put into rehabilitation of Bank of Cyprus according to last ditch bailout plan agreed upon by the government and lending institutions.

Reuters, in its investigation, found existing measures by the EU that could have avoided the Cypriot banking system collapse.

Itau' Unibanco emerges as top global debt manager according to Thomson Reuters data.

India eases its restrictions on foreign institutional investors or FIIs for bonds issues in the country.