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The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on tuesday including Adcock Ingram, Energa, Nordea Bank, Alitalia, Ben Venue, TIM Participacoes, Douglas, Mercator, Novartis, OncoMed, Kerning and Malaysia Airports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is sticking with Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit to run its 401(k) program with $18 billion in assets, Wal-Mart confirmed on Tuesday.

The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has cleared the USD500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank. The said fund will be used to rehabilitate and reconstruct communities struck by super typhoon Haiyan.

Bankers and brokers believe that QDII3, a HKD100 billion investment scheme in Shenzen's Qianhai economic zone designed to allow offshore investment in Hong Kong, could take a long time before Beijing approves it.

New data released by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reflected the increasing activity in structured products purchases by US banks to offset effects of low interest rates.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp reported that the increased litigation cost at one unnamed institution was the primary reason why FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions posted decreased profits in the third quarter this year.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday including Greece banking, Fiat, BOFA, Mechel, Saputo, RBS, Lohmann, Carlyle Group, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Kuwait Airways, Dubai Holding, SunEdison, Blackstone, Greece National Bank, IMG Worldwide, KKR, Babcock, AMR, Orrick, BAC and Fisker Automotive.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has bought a small package of loans from Spain's so-called 'bad bank' Sareb, helping the vehicle to surpass year-end sales targets, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 82% owned by taxpayers after a government bailout, is accused of pushing struggling small firms into its turnaround unit, for it to have reasons to charge higher interests, and in turn, take over their assets.

China is set to become Asia's leader in outbound corporate acquisitions this year, ending Japan's two-year reign, as the country's appetite for overseas targets expands beyond natural resources and into areas such as food and banking.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday, including Microsoft, Comcast, Green Dot, Goldman Sachs and others.

Officials of Jefferson County in Alabama said it had arrived at a new agreement with its Wall Street creditors that would pave the way for its exit from its USD 4.2 billion bankruptcy.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc lost more than $1 billion on currency trades during the third quarter, recent regulatory filings show, offering some insight into why the firm, reported its worst quarter in a key trading unit since the financial crisis.

The US Treasury Department will meet with the banking industry in December to give guidelines on how to deal with marijuana businesses in states that have legalized marijuana use.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday including Nokia, IntercontinentalExchange Group, Goldman Sachs and others.