BHP Billiton (BHP) Chief Executive Marius Kloppers in a meeting Monday could provide no revised schedule, or guarantees, to the state premier of South Australia for the expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine.

Muenchener Hypothekenbank eG has planned a 500 million euro ($628.62 million) five-year covered bond, one of the banks running the deal said Monday.

European stock markets rose on Monday, as mining firms moved higher, after weak Chinese manufacturing data spurred hopes of additional monetary easing measures in the country.

Crude-oil futures fell in Asia Monday on concerns that a further contraction in China's manufacturing activity will hurt global oil demand.

The Swiss National Bank will continue to enforce the euro's minimum exchange rate against the Swiss franc with utmost determination, the central bank's chairman said Monday.

Australian retailers are hoping customers will flock through their doors this Christmas, with sales expectations for the three months to Dec. 31 at a 12-year high, according to a survey by Dun & Bradstreet.

Hong Kong property developer Sino Land Co. Ltd. (0083.HK) is planning to meet fixed-income investors in Hong Kong and Singapore, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

Placing all euro-zone banks under the supervision of the European Central Bank would be difficult to realize, Germany's Finance Minister said Monday.

Private clinic operator Rhoen-Klinikum AG (RHK.XE) said Monday that German health-care company Fresenius SE (FRE.XE) has told the company it won't launch a fresh bid to acquire Rhoen-Klinikum.