Glencore Xstrata announced the sale of its US$5 billion-plus Las Bambas copper project. Glencore Xstrata announced the sale of its US$5 billion-plus Las Bambas copper project.

Tulloch Homes finally revisits Aberdeen, this time with a multi-million project. Tulloch Homes, an Inverness-based contractor, went back to the thriving Aberdeen housing market as part of a GBP30 million program that will bring at least 100 new positions to its 170-strong workforce.

Grontmij divested its French unit to focus on engineering operations. Grontmij announced Tuesday that it had divested its French monitoring and testing business.

GamesAnalytics raised GBP860,000 in public and private funding. An Edinburgh-based company which provides predictive modelling technology to video game programmers secured GBP860,000 in private and public funding.

Cudos Capital revealed that it acquired Navatar Group to help the firm expand its services. Navatar Group, a leading cloud provider for financial companies, announced that Cudos Capital AG has effectively acquired Navatar Private Equity CRM.

In an attempt to lure investors, Monte dei Paschi removed the bylaw stating that other investors will own no more than 4% of total shares

Denmark advised Danish banks to disregard the European directive to reduce exposure charges The European Parliament, in an attempt to align with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's regulation, passed a directive that will simplify the risk calculation for small- and medium-sized business loans.

Amadeus Capital Partners achieved first close for Amadeus IV Digital Prosperity Fund with MTN as major investor.

The London mayor has pushed aside sentimentality for the Heathrow airport to create a new borough. London Mayor Boris Johnson is chucking sentimentality out the window when he announced the plan to transfer the historic Heathrow airport.

Sales skyrocket as mystery writer of 'The Cuckoo's Calling' was revealed to by J. K. Rowling.