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The estimated $4 million painting by the late pop art prince, called "Electric Cord," was last seen in 1970, when owner Leo Castelli sent it out to be professionally cleaned.

Justice Department slams report by Republican lawmakers on Operation Fast and Furious.

Morgan Stanley (MS) is seeking to price today a five-year global New Zealand dollar bond with a minimum size of NZ$300 million (US$243 million), to yield 7.60% to 7.65%, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday.

PTT Exploration and Production PCL (PTTEP.TH) said Wednesday it plans to request that the London Stock Exchange delist shares of Cove Energy PLC (COV.LN) from its Alternative Investment Market after Cove's shareholders, who collectively own 91.4% of the company, accepted a cash offer by a unit of

Clothing and home wears retailer Country Road Ltd. (CTY.AU) said Wednesday it will buy fashion company Witchery Group from Gresham Private Equity for 172 million Australian dollars (US$180.2 million).

Stockland Group (SGP.AU) Wednesday announced the sale of two commercial properties for A$191.6 million.

The average price of housing in 100 major Chinese cities rose in July on month for the second straight month indicating that property prices appear to have bottomed out, though analysts say a robust rebound is unlikely.

Computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) and data storage provider EMC Corp. (EMC) will cooperate on developing and retailing servers and network storage, the companies said in a joint statement Wednesday.

Cellular operator PT XL Axiata (EXCL.JK) said Wednesday first-half net profit fell 3.9% to 1.46 trillion rupiah ($153 million) from IDR1.52 trillion a year earlier as higher revenue was offset by greater operating expenses.

Asian markets declined Wednesday amid caution as investors awaited the outcomes of meetings of two major central banks.