Wal-Mart or Aeon may buy shares in Daiei: report
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's  biggest retailer, and Aeon Co. (8267.T), Japan's No. 2  retailer, are in talks to buy shares in smaller rival Daiei  Inc. (8263.T) from Marubeni Corp. (8002.T), the Nihon Keizai  business daily reported on Wednesday.
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AMR Corp.  , parent company of  American Airlines, might be a buyout target of a group  including Goldman Sachs  and British Airways ,  according to the February 26 edition of BusinessWeek magazine.
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NYSE Euronext  and Australia's ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's 31 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  is in preliminary talks to buy rival May Department Stores Co. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Cerberus Capital Management is near a $4  billion deal to buy United Rentals Inc. , the largest  equipment rental company by fleet size, for $34.50 a share, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Lehman Brothers&#39;s  lagging  stock price offers the chance to buy into a rising power as it  seeks to join the company of larger investment banks like  Goldman Sachs  and Morgan Stanley , Barron&#39;s  reported in its June 18 edition.
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Investment banks helping Cerberus Capital Management LP finance its buyout of Chrysler, the U.S. arm of automaker DaimlerChrysler , will launch a road show in the next week to raise funds for the deal, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing a source familiar with the matter.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are set to announce a deal with several major Hollywood studios that would allow the retailer to sell digital movies and television shows on its Web site, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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TOKYO Daiei, Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share writedowns and funds from sponsor companies totaling Â¥707 billion, or $6.9 billion, to restore the company&#39;s finances, Japan&#39;s bailout agency said Tuesday.
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N is in preliminary talks to buy rival May Department  Stores Co. MAY.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday.
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Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S.  bank, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this  year, a move that could make it easier to buy Japanese firms  through stock swaps, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily  reported on Sunday.
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Clothing retailer American Apparel Inc. is close to a deal to be bought by Endeavor Acquisition Corp.  for $244 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate  Hitachi Ltd  is talking to U.S. private equity firm  Silver Lake about the possibility of selling it a stake in its  hard drive unit, sources familiar with the situation said on  Friday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and  Hewlett-Packard Co. are set to announce a deal with several  major Hollywood studios that would allow the retailer to sell  digital movies and television shows on its Web site, according  to media reports on Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart gave investors something on Friday they haven't seen in some time: a reason to pour some money into its shares. The world's largest retailer, under pressure by investors to improve its sales, is trimming its store growth as it balances its traditional focus on low prices with a push to be a force for change in such areas as health care and the environment.
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Price is emerging as the primary sticking point as Federated Department Stores Inc.  explores the possible acquisition of May Department Stores Co. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  will spend up  to 100 billion yen ($878 million) to buy out minority  shareholders in Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu Ltd (8268.T) in  an effort to turn around the loss-making chain.