US President Barack Obama directed government lawyers to find an immediate way to resume payments for the families of killed soldiers in Afghanistan, said a Reuters report.

The privatization deal for Royal Mail had received a government estimated number of more than 700,000 applications for the company's shares, said a Reuters report.

Barclays Plc promoted investment banker John Miller as head of banking for the Americas division of the bank, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

KKR & Co LP, a US private equity fund, had acquired a substantial minority stake in Weststar Aviation valued USD200 billion, said a Reuters report.

Men's Wearhouse had rejected the takeover offer of Jos. A. Bank valued at USD2.3 billion in cash as the company deemed the bid to be inadequate, said a Reuters report.

After a Moody's advisory, Winsway was able to leverage a buyback of its bonds at a third of its original value.

For the price of USD1.6 million, Lionbridge Technologies gains a foothold in the Chinese market as well as expand its revenue clientele through the acquisition of E5 Systems.

After receipt of shares in Seagate Technology as payment, Samsung is now reselling the shares back to the Dublin based firm for USD1.51 billion.

Rhiag had entered into definitive agreements for its acquisition by Apax Partners through its Apax Fund.

In its latest Series A funding round, TempoDB would be expanding and developing its sensor and measurement data storage systems.