Offshore oilfield services suppliers in Singapore, the seat of Southeast Asia’s energy industry, are opening up to mergers and equity buyins as smaller players struggle to find the capital and scale to compete with the big boys. Rujun Shen of Reuters reports

Indonesian retailer Mitra Adiperkasa said it will sell majority stakes in its Domino's Pizza and Burger King chains to keep its capital to develop its other franchises.

KKR & Co plans to buy Singapore's Goodpack Ltd, the world's largest maker of intermediate bulk containers, in a deal that values the company at S$1.39 billion ($1.11 billion), the two companies said on Tuesday.

Australia's No. 2 property group Stockland Corp Ltd on Wednesday upped its offer for Australand Property Group to A$2.02 billion ($1.87 billion), a month after threatening to walk away if the target rejected its original bid.

Renesas Electronics Corp plans to sell its majority stake in a maker of iPhone display chips to Synaptics Inc, another smartphone chip supplier, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn Technology Group will buy a stake in Taiwanese mobile telecom operator Asia Pacific Telecom for T$11.6 billion ($390 million) in a deal that would expand its presence in Taiwan's fledgling 4G telecom market.

Construction Products Holding Co (CPC), a unit of private Saudi Arabian construction giant Saudi Binladin Group, said on Monday it had bought Egyptian glass manufacturer Sphinx Glass for $190 million.

Real estate developer Azrieli Group agreed to sell Israeli paint company Tambour Ltd to Singapore-based holding company Kusto Group for 500 million shekels ($144 million).

Manhattan Resources Ltd, a Singapore-listed shipping firm controlled by Indonesian billionaire Low Tuck Kwong, said it plans to acquire a mining firm in Low's business empire for S$1 billion ($800 million), sending its shares sliding.

Malaysia's CIMB Group Holdings Bhd is looking at mid-tier Philippine banks as possible acquisition targets after its failed attempt to buy into a local bank last year, its chief executive said on Wednesday.