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Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM.AU) said Monday it finalized the renewal of unsecured bilateral loan facilities worth US$2.5 billion.

Thailand's PTT Global Chemical PCL (PTTGC.TH) is planning to sell a Rule 144A/ Reg S dollar bond after an investor roadshow in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Sept. 5-11, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires on Monday.

Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (1216.TW), Taiwan's largest food producer by revenue, has raised $3.6 billion Taiwan dollars (US$120 million) via a bond sale, according to two underwriters Monday.

The average price of housing in 100 major Chinese cities rose in August on month for the third straight month indicating that the decline in property prices appears to have bottomed out.

Italian banks' rising loan-loss provisions are credit negative and indicate that asset quality is deteriorating amid weak economic conditions, hurting banks' already weak profitability, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

Australian retail sales fell 0.8% in July on a seasonally-adjusted basis, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Monday.

Hong Kong stocks fell early Monday as a weak official reading over the weekend on Chinese manufacturing conditions outweighed positive cues from Wall Street, with financials and property developers among those declining.