SPRINGLEAF NEARS $4.25 BILLION DEAL FOR CITIGROUP'S ONEMAIN -- 2D UPDATE 

Lender Springleaf Holdings Inc. is nearing a deal to buy Citigroup Inc.'s OneMain Financial for about $4.25 billion, a purchase that would create a U.S. subprime giant, said people familiar with the matter. (published 0208 GMT)

 
 
NTT COMMUNICATIONS TO BUY 86.7% OF EUROPEAN DATA CENTER OPERATOR 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. unit NTT Communications Corp. will buy an 86.7% stake in European data center operator e-shelter. (published 0132 GMT)

 
 
TAIWAN SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED IN CHINA FLIGHT PATH DISPUTE 

Taiwan and China have reached an agreement over disputed new commercial flight paths following months of negotiations, according to Taiwanese officials. (published 0524 GMT)

 
 
SOCAM DEVELOPMENT TO SELL STAKE IN CEMENT JOINT VENTURE FOR HK$2.55 BILLION 

SOCAM Development Ltd. agreed to sell its entire stake in a cement making joint venture to its French partner for 2.55 billion Hong Kong dollars . (published 0039 GMT)

 
 
SOCAM DEVELOPMENT: EXPECT 2014 NET LOSS TO WIDEN OVER 50% 

Hong Kong-listed SOCAM Development Ltd., a member of mainland Chinese property developer Shui On Group, said Tuesday it expects its 2014 net loss to widen over 50% from a year earlier, mainly due to an impairment-loss provision in a property joint venture. (published 0538 GMT)

 
 
TAKENAKA GETS S$323 MILLION CONTRACT FROM SINGAPORE'S CHANGI AIRPORT 

Japan's Takenaka Corp. has been awarded a 323 million Singapore dollar contract for the expansion of an existing terminal at Singapore's Changi Airport. (published 0506 GMT)

 
 
COUNTRY GARDEN CONSIDERS SEPARATE LISTING OF HOTEL BUSINESS 

Mainland Chinese property developer Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. said it is considering a listing for its hotel business but has no execution plan or timetable at the moment. (published 0439 GMT)

 
 
MAVERICK CAPITAL UNIT INVESTS $15 MLN IN LATEST INDIA TECH DEAL 

In a sign of the growing appetite for Indian technology companies, a unit of U.S. hedge fund Maverick Capital, which manages more than $8 billion in assets, has invested in Indian mobile data company Vserve. The $15 million-investment also included fresh money from Indian venture capital firm IDG Ventures, which had previously invested $3 million in the company. (published 0252 GMT)

 
 
ATHABASCA OIL RECEIVES PAYMENT FROM PETROCHINA CANADIAN UNIT 

Athabasca Oil Corp. on Monday said it received the first of three payments owed to it by one of China's largest state-run energy companies, part of a deal announced last summer to complete the sale of a Canadian oil-sands project. (published 0032 GMT)

 
 
BEST BUY SERVICES PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER ASKEW TO DEPART 

Best Buy Co. services President Christopher Askew is leaving the company after less than two years leading the chain's Geek Squad brand, according to a company memo. (published 0422 GMT)

 
 
WOOLWORTHS SELLS WAREHOUSE GROUP STAKE TO JAMES PASCOE 

Woolworths Ltd. said it would sell its stake in New Zealand retailer Warehouse Group Ltd. for almost 87.1 million New Zealand dollars after deciding the investment was no longer needed as part of its strategy in the country. (published 0249 GMT)

 
 
CGN MINING TO POST SIGNIFICANT DROP IN 2014 NET PROFIT 

CGN Mining Co. said it expects to post a significant drop in its 2014 net profit, weighed by higher management expenses during the year. (published 0114 GMT)

 
 
FOREIGN INVESTORS SELL NET MYR400 MLN WORTH OF MALAYSIA SHARES IN FEBRUARY 

Foreign investors sold a net 400 million ringgit worth of Malaysian shares in January, according to data from the stock exchange. (published 0219 GMT)

 
 
PLDT DECLARES TOTAL PHP87 REGULAR, BONUS CASH DIVIDEND 

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (TEL.PH), or PLDT, said Tuesday its board declared a cash dividend of 87 pesos ($1.97) a share--a combination of 61 pesos in final regular dividend and 26 pesos in bonus dividend. (published 0459 GMT)