Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

BANGALORE, Nov 5 - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:

* An investment company controlled by the Shanghai city government will own a majority stake in a planned Disney theme park that won key government approval this week, the People's Daily reported on Thursday. [ID:nPEK149523]

* China Pacific Insurance Co Ltd <601601.SS>, China's third-largest life insurer, plans to carry out its planned Hong Kong listing by Christmas, the official China Securities Journal said on Thursday. [ID:nSHA144989]

* Scripps Networks <SNI.N> is close to an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Travel Channel from Cox Communications [COXC.UL], the nation's third-largest cable company, the New York Times' DealBook blog reported on Wednesday. [ID:nN0472241]

* British real estate developer Quintain Estates and Development <QED.L> is set to launch a 180 million pounds rights issue on Thursday, the Daily Telegraph reported. [ID:nL4311648]