Europe's top court on Thursday referred Hutchison's challenge against an EU veto of its 13-billion-pound bid to acquire O2 UK from Spain's Telefonica seven years ago back to a lower tribunal.
Japan's Inpex said on Thursday it has bought a 50% stake in the Australian renewable business of Italy's Enel, as the Japanese oil and gas producer expands into green energy.
Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed an exclusive deal with Abu Dhabi's Masdar to develop a 476 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in German waters in the Baltic Sea, Expansion newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified market sources.
Brazilian retailer GPA said on Wednesday it had received an unsolicited offer from Colombian business magnate Jaime Gilinski to take over its subsidiary, Almacenes Exito, in a deal worth $836 million.
Cash-strapped French supermarket retailer Casino on Monday said it aims to conclude a debt restructuring agreement with its creditors by the end of next month, telling creditors it needed an equity contribution of "at least 900 million euros" ($981.63 million).