Hundreds of PlayStation fans braved the chilly weather in New York to line up and wait for Sony's midnight launch of the long-awaited PlayStation 4 game console.

IPO candidate British game maker King revealed its Candy Crush Saga title has been downloaded over half a billion times and played over 150 billion times to date.

The Board of Directors of Income Streams III Corporation announced the final regulatory approval for its merger into Dividend Split Corp which is set to take place on December 1, 2013.

Chilean drug maker CFR Pharmaceuticals issued a formal bid to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of South African pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited for USD1.26 billion.

Amphenol Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Advanced Sensors business of GE for USD318 million, which will be subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

UK healthcare facility investor Primary Health Properties would be consolidating with its rival Prime Public Partnerships in a GBP41 million agreement that will result to a combined portfolio of 257 properties valued at GBP942.3 million.

Construction group Murray & Roberts Holdings, Ltd announced that it had secured a material requirement to move forward with its buyout of Australian engineering company Clough Ltd.

A wave of initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange appeared to have made investors' appetite waning, which prompted stocks of companies who had launched or is in the process of launching an IPO drop to below offer prices.

Clean-technology company Therma-Flite recently closed a major funding round with Canadian private equity and venture capital firm XPV Capital. Therma-Flite said it raised USD7.5 million in financing.

Invesco Canada Ltd added eight new funds for its Private Investor series or Series P for investors or advisors who wish to invest in one of Invesco's broad range of products at discounts.