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Weak market conditions weighed on Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG.AU) in the first quarter of fiscal 2013, but the Australian investment bank still struck an upbeat tone for the year ahead.

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. and associated entities have agreed to buy British gas-distribution company Wales and West Utilities Ltd. and its parent for 645 million pounds ($1 billion), the firms said Wednesday.

Users of speedy third-generation mobile data services in China reached 176 million at the end of June, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement Wednesday.

Hong Kong stocks dropped early Wednesday as worries that Greece may have to restructure its debt again and weak U.S. earnings reports, including from Apple Inc. , put the market on course for a third straight day of losses.

Asian markets fell on Wednesday on concerns over Europe's debt crisis and as disappointing Apple earnings in the U.S. pushed down technology manufacturers in Asia.

Australian consumer prices rose 0.5% in the April-June quarter, accelerating from a 0.1% gain recorded in the January-March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Wednesday.

Australian agribusiness conditions, undermined by declining confidence among customers, weakened in the second quarter of the calendar year but should improve in the second half, according to a quarterly survey National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB) issued Wednesday.

A consortium led by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's flagship Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (0001.HK) has agreed to buy U.K. gas distribution company MGN Gas Networks (UK) Ltd. for GBP645 million (US$781 million), the companies in the consortium said in a joint statement Wednesday.

China's economy is making a "soft landing," but there are still significant downside risks, the International Monetary Fund said in a report Tuesday.