Turkey said it intended to create an industrial zone in Addis Ababa on land assigned to Turkey by the Ethiopian government.
Legal & Regulatory
Trader pays USD5.2 million settlement for Smithfield insider trading case
A Thailand based trader was ordered to pay USD5.2 million to settle civil charges filed against him for publicly trading call options and single stock futures before the announced acquisition plan of Shuanghui International Holdings for Smithfield Foods Corp.
Three German companies move up to MDAX
Osram Licht AG, RTL Group and Evonik Industries would be moved to the MDAX of the Frankfurt bourse. Three major German firms would be added to the country's mid-cap index MDAX after their stocks were floated in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the earlier part of the year.
Foreign drugmakers unfairly targeted in China bribery probe- European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said there was unfair treatment to foreign firms in the China bribery probe.
Indonesia plans to ease up on divestment rules on foreign miners
Indonesia said it planned to relax the rule that forced foreign mining firms operating in the country to own no more than 49% of their stake in the mines within ten years after production has started.
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China urged its Asian neighbors to forge stronger financial ties in the wake of the Federal Reserve's plan to taper its stimulus package.
Petrochina Securities investor Johan Broux filed a disclosure suit against Petrochina Co and its current and former executives for failing to disclose pertinent news to investors.
As the company faces an investigation on corruption under the previous leadership, the new management of PetroChina is seeking to distance itself from the legacy of its former chairman.
Australian tycoon James Packer bought a 9.4% stake in US real estate website Zillow Inc. James Packer acquired a 9. 4% stake in Zillow Inc. Cavalane Holdings, of which Packer holds a controlling stake, purchased 3 million shares in the US real estate website.
South Korea would be offering a sale of ten-year bonds despite concerns of the US Federal Reserve reducing its asset purchases.
Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp. would be prosecuted by UK's Serious Fraud Office for providing "misleading, false or deceptive" information in its Gyrus Group's financial accounts dating fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Aberdeen Asset Management GBP7.2 million for not Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that it would impose a GBP7.
A grant-loan from the Belgian government would expand the water and sanitation services in Iten, Kenya.
Sole bidder Chevron won the Lithuanian tender for shale gas exploration, the government said in a Twitter announcement.
