Two sources told Reuters that Barclays was mulling the sale of its UAE retail banking operations. Two sources told Reuters that Barclays is considering a sale of its retail banking business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Sources told Reuters that Mizuho Financial Group offered to acquire a stake for Bank Panin from ANZ.

Triton Fund announced that it would acquire Alpine Energie from FCC. The Triton Fund announced that it had agreed to purchase Alpine Energie from Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA (FCC).

ATK won a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. that would allow provision of the motor of solid rockets used for the latest air-launched space transport system.

A newspaper reported that British bank Lloyds Banking Group received bids for its Australian businesses.

Groupama sold its last stake in SocGen for EUR 517.8 million. French insurance company Groupe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles (Groupama) finally sold its remaining 1.

Mergers would enable Austrian regional banks to save money for a Volksbanken buy back. An official representing Austrian regional banks told newspaper Kurier that mergers would enable them to save money to help buy back Volksbanken AG.

Bain Capital Partners said it would sell its majority stake in Domino's Pizza Japan to Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

A unit of Glencore Xstrata revealed that it would scaling back on its workforce as well as its budget in the Tampakan copper-gold mine in South Cotabato, Philippines.

Yahoo entered into new partnership with Perion Network Ltd, which can benefit both parties by improving their individual services.