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.

Warburg Pincus' Antero Resources had priced above its planned IPO range that valued the company at USD11 billion, said a Reuters report.

Mossi Ghisolfi's Chairman said last Wednesday that the company had been looking to expand globally through a Hong Kong listing of about a third of its M&G Chemicals unit by end of the year.

KKR & Co announced acquisition for Crosby Group and Acco Material Handling Solutions valued USD1 billion, said a Reuters report.

According to a Reuters report, Hess Corp had planned to sell its storage terminal network valued USD850 to Buckeye Partners LP.

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne had discouraged investors in a conference last week to participate in the upcoming debut of Chrysler Group, said a Reuters report.

According to sources that told Reuters, US private equity firm Blackstone would be among possible bidders for Versace's minority stake.

In an oversubscribed funding round, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners raised USD 1.65 billion in capital commitments for its first fund.

Splice was able to raise USD 2.75 million in seed capital from its latest funding round. Splice announced the close of its seed funding round with USD 2.

Verisae acquired Hara Software for an undisclosed amount. Verisae announced its purchase of Hara Software. No financial terms were disclosed. However, Verisae Chief Executive Officer Jerry Dolinsky said the acquisition was highly strategic.

Thoma Bravo would be purchasing Empirix Inc for an undisclosed amount. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced that it had inked a definitive agreement to purchase Empirix Inc.

GTCR announced that it had approved a deal to sell portfolio firm Six3 Systems to CACI International.

Saks Inc Stephen Sadove was appointed to the Board of Directors of JC Penney. JC Penney Co said the Chief Executive Officer of Saks Inc, Stephen Sadove, would be joining its board of directors.

Meridian Properties did not push through with its planned EUR 170 million due to adverse market conditions.

The European Union approved Aegean Airlines' takeover of Olympic Air. European Union regulators gave approval to Aegean Airlines to purchase Olympic Air.

Medtronic Inc and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise formed a joint venture for the development of a low-cost and portable hemodialysis treatment for developing countries.

French carmaker Peugeot-Citroen said it would be considering new cooperation agreements with various firms to fund its overseas expansion efforts.

Vestas Wind Systems sold six turbine factories to VTC Partners for EUR 1 to complete its asset disposal program.

Fujitsu unveiled a new waterproof tablet with an extractor fan that would work even underwater. After launching its dustproof and waterproof tablet M702 in March this year, Fujitsu unveiled another waterproof today.

A TechCrunch report stated that the next generation iPad slated set to be launched in October would be trimmer and thinner.

Retailer John Lewis said Apple's iPad Mini would be the bestselling tablet for Christmas. UK-based retailer John Lewis told The Telegraph that Apple's iPad Mini would be the bestselling tablet this Christmas season.

Apple would be holding an event on October 22 to launch the next-generation iPad, according to technology website All Things D.

Bloomberg reported that Walt Disney Co had planned to stop the issuance of stock certificates in its physical form and issue them in digital form instead.

US Senator John McCain angrily stated that US lawmakers should resolve differences to end the US partial shutdown that caused a halt in military death benefits, according to a Reuters report.

AT&T Inc. would reach a near agreement to sell its wireless towers to Crown Castle International Corp, said sources familiar with the matter.

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said that its wholly owned arm would acquire a stake from GT Capital Holdings' power generation unit, according to a report from Reuters.

Tweeter Home Entertainment Group was assigned a new trading symbol to avoid investor confusion when Twitter Inc. would start its public offering debut.