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Thai Beverage PCL (Y92.SG) Wednesday said it is in discussions with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (O39.SG) and its insurance unit Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. (G09.SG) about acquiring their stakes in Singapore-listed beverage groups Fraser And Neave Ltd. (F99.SG) and Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd.

Thai Beverage PCL (Y92.SG) Wednesday said it is in discussions with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (O39.SG) and its insurance unit Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. (G09.SG) about acquiring their stakes in Singapore-listed beverage groups Fraser And Neave Ltd. (F99.SG) and Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU) is freezing the pay of around 400 senior staff in a bid to cut costs and prevent job losses, the bank said on Wednesday.

Japanese stocks rose in early Wednesday trading, benefitting from Wall Street gains overnight and an advance for the U.S. dollar and euro against the yen.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU) is freezing the pay of around 400 its senior staff in a bid to cut costs and prevent job losses, the bank said on Wednesday.

National Australia Bank (NAB.AU) on Wednesday confirmed reports that its struggling U.K. units have been drawn into a review by regulators into alleged misselling of interest-rate-swap products.

National Australia Bank (NAB.AU) on Wednesday confirmed reports that its struggling U.K. units have been drawn into a review by regulators into alleged misselling of interest-rate-swap products.

CapitaMall Trust (C38U.SG) said Wednesday its second-quarter distribution per unit rose 0.8% from a year ago on the back of higher rents and the opening of a new property in the quarter.

Z Energy Ltd. said late Tuesday that its NZ$100 million ($79.1 million) fixed rate 7-year bond offer has been oversubscribed and that it will take an additional NZ$35 million of subscriptions.