Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week

Noteworthy expenditures of the week

1. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, campaigning to oust the the board of Clorox and put the company up for sale, says he would pay $10.3 billion for it if no other buyer emerged.

2. Bank of America is selling about half its stake in China Construction Bank for $8.3 billion, booking a $3.3 billion gain and bolstering capital ahead of new international standards.