1 Food caterer Neo Group is in exclusive talks to acquire two food-related businesses - ER Marketing (S), which imports and exports food products, and Ever Rich, which owns and operates warehouses.

2 SBI Offshore chairman Mirzan Mahathir - the son of former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad, has bought 200,000 shares for $16,400, raising his stake to 18.47 per cent.

3 Over a dozen stocks have been added to the FTSE ST Catalist Index recently. Concert organisor UnUsUaL and coffee shop operator Kimly have the highest and second highest weights within the index.

4 Construction and engineeering group BBR Holdings bought back 30,000 of its shares at 24 cents each for a total outlay of $7,218.

5 ST Engineering bought back 714,400 of its shares at prices between $3.5 and $3.51 for $2.5 million.