LaSalle Hotel Properties' third-biggest shareholder, HG Vora Capital Management, said on Tuesday that Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's revised offer for the U.S. hotel owner was superior to Blackstone's $3.7 billion bid.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on Monday raised its offer to buy fellow U.S. hotel owner LaSalle Hotel Properties , seeking to scuttle Blackstone Group LP's $3.7 billion deal with the company.

David Feinberg, chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, is the top candidate in discussions to lead the healthcare company being formed by Amazon.com Inc , Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co , CNBC reported on Thursday, citing people close to the selection process.

U.S. insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc on Thursday agreed to be acquired by a group of investors for a sweetened $2.95 billion deal that also helped secure the support of dissenting shareholder Carl Icahn.

Piraeus Bank, Greece's largest lender by assets, is close to clinching a deal to sell 400 million euros ($473 million) of soured, unsecured consumer loans as part of efforts to shrink its bad-debt load, bankers close to the deal told Reuters.

Small business lender Prospa Group said it would delay its listing by more than the 48 hours initially announced, as it responds to a regulator's questions on loan terms.

U.S. investment firm Starwood Capital failed on Wednesday in its attempt to take major stakes in Austrian property groups CA Immo and Immofinanz , as shareholders bet a more lucrative deal could be secured.

Small business lender Prospa Group delayed a listing at the eleventh hour on Wednesday after a regulator questioned its loan terms, in a sign scrutiny was increasing across every corner of Australia's scandal-ridden financial sector.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is considering selling another 10 percent stake in its fuel distribution business, which listed in an initial public offering last year, but the timing is uncertain, three sources familiar with the matter said.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc has joined a $45 million investment round in Marqeta, a U.S. fintech company offering technology businesses can use to issue payment cards, the startup said on Tuesday.