FRANKFURT, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Private equity groups
Charterhouse and CVC have hired Deutsche
Bank and Goldman Sachs to sell energy-metering
firm Ista, two people close to the transaction said.

COLOMBO, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan stocks ended weaker
for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, hitting a
three-month low as high interest rates weighed on sentiment.

HONG KONG, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Onshore China shares posted
their best day in three months on Wednesday, as investors
cheered comments from new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping that
set his economic…