Private equity-backed KIK Custom Products would be purchasing the consumer products business of Chemtura Corp in cash.

The government of Congo had plans to implement changes to its equity agreements with mining firms, which includes increasing its free stake in all new mining projects from 5% to 15%.

Martyn Phillips had left his position as the head of Kingfisher's B&Q chain in the UK as part of moves to restructure the company.

Shunfeng Photovoltaic International planned to raise USD 144 million in a share sale, a regulatory filing revealed.

China-based property developer Greenland Holding Group would be co-developing the Atlantic Yards Apartment Project in New York with Forest City Ratners Cos.

Press release provider Cision AB said it had been investigating why it released an incorrect report about Samsung's purchase of Fingerprint Cards.

Erin Brockovich pointed to preemption laws in her campaign to take Essure off the market. Erin Brockovich, the consumer advocate who filed a multimillion case against Pacific Gas and Electric Co for groundwater contamination, had blamed preemption laws in her fight against birth control implant Essure.

Erin Brockovich said she wanted Essure, a birth control procedure by Bayer Corporation, taken off the market.

The government of President Barack Obama would allow states to reopen national parks using their own funds.

Eight nationally-run parks in Utah would reopen by Saturday using state funds. Despite the ongoing US government shutdown, five national parks in Utah will reopen on Saturday.

Achates Power completed its Series C funding round with USD 35.2 million from existing investors which included Sequoia Capital Partners, RockPort Capital Partners, Madrone Capital Partners, InterWest Partners and Triangle Peak Partners.

Marlin Equity Partners bought iolo technologies and merged the acquired company with Phoenix Technologies.

The government of South Africa had planned to obtain a 20% free stake in each of new oil development projects.

Mobile financial solutions provider Level initially closed its Series A funding round with USD 5 million.

CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund sold Allopartis Biotechnologies to Novozymes. CaICEF Clean Energy Angel Fund I exited from its portfolio company Alloparties Biotechnologies Inc.

Liberty Media said it bought back 5.2% of its own stock from Comcast Corp for USD 417 million. Liberty Media Corp bought back 5. 2% of its own shares from Comcast Corp in a cash deal worth USD 417 million.

Crestwood Midstream Partners bought Arrow Midstream Holdings for USD 750 million to expand its pipeline business in the North Dakota.

Cable operator Numericable would be betting on its new fiber technology to attract investors before its planned IPO.

The Tourism Development & Investment Co was reportedly talking with various banks for a USD 1 billion loan facility to replace its existing debt, according to bankers interviewed by Bloomberg.

Masdar Energy UK was granted a GBP 266 million loan from various lenders to fund its share of the cost of developing the largest wind farm in the world.

Land Securities Group said it would sell South Bank office properties worth GBP 315 million to M&G Real Estate.

Shares of Men's Wearhouse jumped 28% after rejecting the takeover bid of Jos. A. Bank. Shares of Men's Wearhouse increased 28% after it snubbed the USD 2.

Foster Farms said consumers should not worry about the company's chicken products amidst the salmonella outbreak traced back to its plants.

Men's Wearhouse snubbed the USD 2.3 billion takeover offer from Jos. A. Bank just two hours after it was made publicly.

USDA said it would shut down Foster Farms unless the company would address the salmonella outbreak by Thursday.

Citigroup Inc. had hired Leopoldo Attolico and Pierpaolo di Stefano to run its investment banking operations in Italy, said a Bloomberg report.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidan had been kidnapped by a revolutionary group from Tripoli and was taken at dawn into an unknown destination, said a Bloomberg report.

BlackBerry, a Canada based struggling smartphone manufacturer, had been more open to a company breakup amid concerns that its biggest shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd would not be able to find funds or partners for a proposed USD4.7 billion buyout deal.

Indian Oil Corporation remained to be the sole bidder for the 31% stake of Haldia Petrochemicals, said The Economic Times report.

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.