UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

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BANGALORE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday:

* The European Commission may force Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) to sell off all or part of its Halifax branch network as compensation for state aid the group has received, the London Times reported. [ID:nLF665530]

* Creditors of Oleg Deripaska's En+ energy and metals group may ask the Russian billionaire to pledge a stake of up to 10 percent in aluminium firm UC RUSAL in order to restructure a $1 billion debt, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. [ID:nLG699764]

(Compiled by Purwa Naveen Raman in Bangalore; Editing by Dan Lalor)