Monte dei Paschi foundation had been in discussions with the Italian Treasury regarding a stake sale deal, said sources in a Reuters report.

To address wrongdoing in the 'London Whale' scandal, JP Morgan enters into a settlement agreement with the CFTC.

Jury deliberations on the insider trading case against Mark Cuban started Wednesday. The jury had begun deliberations for the insider trading case of NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd or Chalco had announced the sale of its shareholdings in the Guinea venture with Rio Tinto.

ICIG purchases Clariant AG unit focused on detergent and other intermediate chemicals. The plan of Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann of focusing the Swiss company to high yield markets would be one step closer to realization.

The plan is to raise funds from a share sale of Huaneng Renewables Corp. Wind farm operator from China, Huaneng Renewables Corp, is planning to raise HKD1.

Investment firm Triton had stepped in as the possible buyer of Siemens AG's postal automation and baggage-handling division unit after Sun Capital dropped out of the bidding round.

Siemens AG's talks with equity group AEA Investors were at the advance stage regarding the German company's sale of its water technologies business.

Capitol Bancorp has signed an agreement with Talmer Bancorp for the sale of the common stock of Capitol's consolidated entities.

Savient Pharmaceuticals filed for bankruptcy protection and court approval to sell assets to a US WorldMeds unit.