W&G Investments PLC planned to offer Royal Bank of Scotland GBP1.5 billion for more than three hundred of its branches.

Socialspiel received EUR200K new funds from angel fund FLOOR13 and ex-Rockstar Games veterans, Clemens Beer and Mike Borras.

SocialChorus had raise a total of USD8 million so far after the close of its USD2.5 million Series A Funding.

Trina Solar reported increase in sales as high demand for products developed in China and Japan. China's Trina Solar Ltd increased its forecast for panel shipments this year as sales in its own country increased.

Vietnam announced plan to ban free chat applications to protect network providers in the country. The Vietnam government proposed a possible prohibition of free Internet chat applications.

Everbright Securities Co. faced a three month restriction on joining any property trading after it erroneously priced government bonds worth CNY10 million.

Koos Bekker became a billionaire earlier this year after he transformed Naspers Ltd. from an old-print business into the largest media firm.

Carlyle Group LP welcomed its new member Matthew O'Connor, an executive from GE Capital, who was hired as managing director for the company's energy team.

Ally Financial Inc. said through a statement that it had sought to repay a bailout debt valued USD1 billion.

BRE Properties Inc. declined a takeover deal priced USD4.6 billion as the valuation of the company was severely discounted.

Barnes & Noble's sales weakened after CEO Leonard Riggio cancelled his offer to purchase stores.

Best Buy reported increased profits, proving CEO Joly's cost-effective plans successful. Best Buy Co Inc announced Tuesday that the company's first quarterly profit proved CEO Hubert Joly's recovery plan effective.

After its announced acquisition of StreetEasy for USD50 million in cash, Zillow Inc. was said to sell its share for USD82 per share piece.

Champion Medical Technologies won a "multi-million dollar investment" from Jump Capital, a private equity firm based in Chicago.

Leonard Riggio suspended his planned bid for Barnes & Noble Inc.'s retail businesses amid the firm's accelerating losses.

SmartyPants partnered with crowdfunding platform CircleUp to score USD 2.59 million in financing from new and current investors.

J.C. Penney announced the company's performance in the last quarter showed a severe drop in sales.

H.I.G. Capital-backed Harrison Gypsum acquired the Eagle Ford Division of Pinnacle Materials. Global private equity investment company H. I. G. Capital announced the acquisition of the Eagle Ford Division of Pinnacle Materials.

Home Deport benefited from the recovery of the US housing market. The revitalization of the U. S. housing market helped Home Depot Inc. top the quarterly profit and sales assessments made by analysts on Tuesday.

KKR inked a definitive agreement to buy RigNet Inc from Cubera. Leading investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) signed a definitive agreement to acquire RigNet Inc.

Semiconductor company Ambiq Micro raised USD 10 million for its Series B round. Texas-based Ambiq Micro closed its Series B funding round with USD 10 million.

Hannover Re said it was in talks with Lloyd's Banking Group-owned Heidelberger Leben for a possible purchase of a minority stake.

Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to buy shares in Indian software company Hexaware Technologies.

Cairn Energy said its planned explorations in Northwest Africa and Ireland yielded up to 25% chance of success compared to its exploratory project in Greenland.

Glencore announced plans to sell off parts of recently acquired Xstrata assets. Glencore took a hit on Xstrata's mining assets for USD 7. 7 billion on Tuesday .

GSW Immobilien said it would study the EUR 1.75 billion takeover bid of Deutsche Women before giving any comment.

Indonesia's two main state pension funds increased their stock purchases, which helped pare losses for Jakarta's battered share prices.

TT electronics said it intends to spend up to GBP 100 million for bolt-on acquisitions. UK-based electronics group TT electronics Plc revealed its plan to acquire bolt-on firms for its combined industrial sensing and control units.

The British government's 'Help to Buy' program increased Persimmon's spring sales.

The Straumann Group announced plans to purchase discount players in the dental implants market. Swiss-based dental implants maker Straumann Group said it plans to acquire rival companies that make low-cost brands.