NEW HEADQUARTERS Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut, below, announced on Wednesday that the asset manager Bridgewater Associates would construct a state-of-the-art office along the Stamford waterfront as part of an economic and community development initiative.Bridgewater, which is getting as much as $115 million in incentives as part of the deal, has also promised to add 750 to 1,000 high-level jobs to its current staff of 1,225. AZAM AHMED
SELLING ASSETS The Lloyds Banking Group, the partly nationalized British bank, agreed on Wednesday to sell a number of its private equity investments to the British firm Coller Capital for around £1 billion, or $1.6 billion.
The British bank, which received a government bailout, is looking to shed so-called noncore assets in an effort to reduce its balance sheet. MARK SCOTT
LIBOR INQUIRY The New York State attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, below, subpoenaed several banks last month, including JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland, a person briefed on the matter said.
The requests for information follow Mr. Schneiderman's decision to open inquiries into Citigroup and UBS, said this person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. HSBC and Barclays have also received subpoenas. BEN PROTESS
EXPANDED BOARD Ally Financial, formerly GMAC, said on Wednesday that Gerald Greenwald and Henry S. Miller had been elected to its board.
The two are appointees of the Treasury Department, which holds a 74 percent stake in the bank holding company. In May, the company's mortgage unit, Residential Capital, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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