Balaji Wafers confirmed that they were open to selling a majority stake in the company. India's Balaji Wafers revealed that the 37 year old wafer maker was approached by international and local companies for a stake in their business.

Sales of the iPhone 5 are not doing well in India, losing to closest rival Samsung and local brands.

Petronas confirmed that they are in discussions with interested parties who could buy shares of Engen.

MedProperties Holdings and Equity Inc in a joint venture announced that they have acquired another health care real estate property in Cincinnati.

Verizon announced its activation figures on its iPhone 5 sales. Verizon, the largest mobile phone carrier in the United States, released activation figures which gave a rough estimate on how many iPhone 5 units were sold by Apple.

Ipreo revealed that it had purchased Discovery Data, expanding their services in the market data industry.

Pinstripe Inc. announced its merger with Ochre House. Pinstripe Inc. announced that it had now merged with Ochre House. Brookfield-based Pinstripe is a recruitment process outsourcing company while Ochre House is a London-based talent management and recruitment outsourcing company .

The Islamic holy month would again denote an increase in demand for goods and services as it lowers productivity and performance.

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan would unite 1.6 billion believers and would directly result to the recovery of markets particularly in the food sector.

Locke announced that, together with Patron Capital Partners, it had added 54 petrol sites to their gas station portfolio