Sembcorp Salalah Power and Water Company stated that it was now preparing for its IPO in September. Oman's Sembcorp Salalah Power and Water Company announced that it is preparing to float an initial public shares offering in September of this year.

Publicis and Omnicom hired New York based Moelis & Co and the Paris-based adviser Rothschild for their merger.

The Thales Group announced that they are set to ink the deal with Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) tagged at RM380 million.

A Blackstone executive said it had found fewer opportunities to invest in India after seeing public governance issues.

DLF announced that it is entertaining private equity firms after ending the talks to sell Aman Resorts with Zecha.

A survey by Jones Lang LaSalle reported that private equity investments into Europe by large funds have reached their highest levels since 2007.

ABI Research said that Apple would soon face market share rivalry with several Chinese low-cost smartphone manufacturers.

Strategy Analytic reported that Samsung already took Apple's place as the world's most profitable smartphone firm.

Facebook would make its capital investments worth US$1.6 billion in 2013 to capitalize on the number of its users and its mobile advertising base.

According to several analysts, the mobile ad boom of Facebook would provide an excellent model for other social networking sites.