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Rosneft deputy chairman Andrey Kostin said that even if the buyout of the minority share of TNK-BP Holding garnered criticism, the deal had followed good governance and legal practices.

China Minmetals managing director Gu Liangmin said the company would be careful about their decision to buy the Las Bambas copper mine of Glencore-Xstrata.

In an interview fresh from its acquisition of Investors Capital Holdings Ltd, RCS Capital Corp Executive Chairman of the Board Nicholas Schorsch said his company would still be on the lookout for more potential buyouts.

Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin said to reporters on Thursday that his company would be considering buying Lukoil's stake in its Venezuelan consortium.

Toshiba Corp chief executive Hisao Tanaka told Reuters that his company would decide on buying a major stake in UK nuclear venture NuGeneration.

Information technology news site Techcrunch cited investors of biotech company Monsanto, who said the company had purchased Climate Corporation for more than USD930 million.

Japanese firm Sumitomo Corp would be buying Los Angeles-based steel products maker Edgen Group Inc in a USD520 million deal, according to Reuters.

Canadian wireless telecom company Mobilicity said on Monday that it had obtained approval of a CAD30 million or USD29.2 million debtor-in-possession financing in preparation of its buyout by an anonymous buyer.

Compal Electronics announced a deal to buy its wireless device production division to reduce the company's spending cost.

Deutsche Wohnen investors approved a share plan for the purchase of GSW stock.

Russian oil producer Rosneft announced on Monday that it would be buying out the minority shareholders of TNK-BP Holding for USD1.5 billion to complete its USD55 billion takeover of TNK-BP.

Colombia's largest private oil company Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp intended to purchase oil producer and explorer Petrominerales Ltd in a COP COP1.6 billion or USD1.55 billion deal, according to its regulatory filing.

Analysts and industry executives gave their take on the USD 4.7 billion buyout offer for BlackBerry on Reuters Instant View.

Sources told Reuters that the United Overseas Bank of Singapore and the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group was contemplating a bid for Wing Hang Bank.

A Bloomberg report said China's richest man Wang Jianlin may be acquiring luxury brands such as the Four Seasons hotel chain in his quest to expand his company Dalian Wanda Group to the US.