The 15th century Villa Trissino Marzotto is among $83 million of assets seized by Italian police in connection with a tax evasion probe into the sale of fashion houses Valentino and Hugo Boss in 2007.

Money will be spent both inside Saudi Arabia and by Saudis vacationing abroad during the festival.

Investors still fear the potential legal and regulatory fallout from a lawsuit and investigations into five deaths to see if they are linked to the company's energy drink. Monster's shares have lost more than a fifth of their value, or $1.75 billion, over the past two days.

Monster Beverage shares fell 16% after news that it is being sued by the family of a 14-year-old girl who died after drinking two cans of its Monster Energy drink.

Government says it is not investigating a lawmaker's questions about whether Wal-Mart contravened India's to-be-lifted ban on foreign investment in retailing seem.

Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is pursuing a $7.2 billion bid for the rest of Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave.