Scottish Business Briefing - Wednesday October 30 - The Scotsman Standard Life assets rise 9% on strong sales Life and pensions group Standard Life today reported a 9 per cent rise in assets under administration to £237.6 billion for the first nine months of the year. Scotsman Read all today's finance news from scotsman.com Weir Group to double size of operations in Malaysia WEIR Group is spending £70 million to more than double the size of its operations in Malaysia. Petrofac wins slice of $650m Algerian contract Oil and gas services group Petrofac has won a share of a $650 million (£405.2m) contract in Algeria. Firms win Ryder Cup services contracts TWO Scottish companies have landed contracts to provide services to next year's Ryder Cup matches between Europe and the US at Gleneagles. Smart packaging firm Insignia Technologies draws investors A Scottish firm which has developed a smart label that warns when food is past its best is to press on with trials in the US and Europe after being backed by a range of investors.