The FINANCIAL -- Turkey's gas imports from Azerbaijan and Iran will be back to normal levels "soon" after technical problems Tuesday dramatically cut supplies, Turkey's energy minister Taner Yildiz said Wednesday.

The FINANCIAL -- France's contribution to the euro zone's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, will increase the country's debt burden by EUR6.5 billion in 2012, bringing it to 89.1% of gross domestic product, a finance ministry official said Wednesday.

The FINANCIAL -- ChemoCentryx Inc. reduced the expected price range and increased the size of its initial public offering to 4.5 million shares at $10 each.

The FINANCIAL -- The Law on Electricity adopted on 07.02.2012 provides the legal framework for the development and enhancement of the competitiveness of the Lithuanian electricity market and ensures separation of the activities of the power distribution system operator from other power sector enterprises.