John Disch

Russian state oil giant OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) has bought a 6% stake in independent gas producer Itera Holding as the crude producer seeks to expand it position within the gas market.

The U.K. may need to do more to boost lending and see off the threat of deflation, a senior British regulator will say Friday.

The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1.XE) second-quarter results, based on a poll of 13 analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (figures in million euros; EPS, dividend and target price in euro, according to IFRS).

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, or BSkyB (BSY.LN) Friday said it purchased 30,000 ordinary shares, for cancellation, at a volume weighted average price of 694.9388 pence per share on July 19.

Dutch cable-network company Ziggo NV (ZIGGO.AE) said Friday that second-quarter net profit soared on lower debt and higher sales.

Singapore Exchange Ltd. (S68.SG) Friday said that it hasn't had any talks with the London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LSE.LN) over a potential merger.

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) Friday said it purchased 444,989 ordinary shares, for cancellation, at a price of 2993 pence per share on July 19.

KAMPALA Uganda--The Ugandan government wants to retain a 40% stake in the proposed oil refinery project in the country's Lake Albertine rift basin, where companies are currently developing oil fields containing as much as 2.5 billion barrels of oil, Uganda's junior energy and minerals minister told

Vodafone Group PLC (VOD.LN) Friday said it purchased 15.6 million ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price of 183.5798 pence per share on July 19.