BANGKOK, July 10 (Reuters) - Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya BAY.BK, 33 percent owned by a unit of General Electric (GE.N), said on Friday it would purchase financial businesses in Thailand from GE Capital worth a total 13.7 billion baht ($400 million).
The businesses included personal loan and credit card businesses, the Thai bank told the Stock Exchange of Thailand. ($1=34.06 Baht) (Reporting by Arada Therdthammakun; Editing by Alan Raybould)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai World, which met its creditors on Monday, said it would work with lenders to seek a debt standstill in "an orderly way" and will get government financial support if an agreement is reached.
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