Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad had said that world peace and security will be disrupted if US and its allies proceed with their action in response to the August 21 chemical attack.

A source told Reuters that Arrow LNG would consider building its LNG plant on a rival's site. Arrow LNG, the Australian joint venture firm of Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, would consider building its liquefied natural gas plant on Origin Energy's site.

Lloyds Banking Group agreed on a sale of its loan asset portfolio from its BOS International Australia unit to Bain Capital's Sankaty Advisors.

Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications said that it had been talking with partners for a stake sale of one of its units.

Indonesia gathered IDR 12 trillion in its most recent bond offering, beating an initial target of IDR 8 trillion.

Regus suffered a 3% drop in first half profits as a result of the restructuring costs of its earlier acquisition.

Telekom Austria plans to raise EUR500 million to buy new frequencies and acquire companies. With the objective of purchasing new frequencies in a September auction and acquiring companies, Telekom Austria has planned to raise EUR500 million in fresh capital, the Der Standard reported.

Buzzfeed, and even new outfits Fox News and MSNBC used a wrong reaction photo of the Smith family on Miley Cyrus' recent MTV Video Music Awards performance.

Italian fashion company Trussardi said it would sell minority shares in the future if it needed to. Trussardi might offer a minority stake in the future to interested parties if it needed to.

London-focused real estate agent Foxtons said it would be selling new shares and company shares in its planned IPO to raise GBP 55 million.