Goldman, Morgan Stanley among bidders for Daito: sources
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Merrill Lynch & Co  is in talks  with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that  could lead to the sale of another big stake in the U.S. bank,  British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in  London and New York.
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Citigroup  and Goldman Sachs   are the most exposed to further writedowns from  leveraged loans in the first quarter, as the value of loans and  bonds created to finance leveraged buyouts plunges, Bank of  America said.
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An agreement has been reached on the sale of the portfolio of SIV Portfolio, a structured investment vehicle, to bidders including Goldman Sachs , the fund's receivers Deloitte & Touche said on Monday.
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U.S. investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , sources familiar with the deal said, in what could stack up to be one of the biggest buyouts ever in Japan.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over $2.
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TOKYO/NEW YORK  - Citigroup Inc.  bid $10.8 billion for troubled Japanese securities firm Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, as the largest U.S. bank looks to return to prominence in a country where it has suffered big losses.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- With LNR Property&#39;s acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management on Sunday marking the third billion-dollar buyout deal in as many months, investor appetite for the sector has sent Morgan Stanley&#39;s index of real estate investment trusts
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retail store chain, on Thursday tendered a bid to sponsor the rehabilitation of Daiei Inc., industry sources said.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over &#36;2.74 billion, a source told Reuters on Friday, heating up competition among foreign investors to enter a &#36;97 billion industry.
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Citigroup was poised on Tuesday to launch a takeover bid for scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. in a deal worth more than $5 billion that would mark the U.S. bank's resurgence in Japan.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion) for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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Rival bidders for CBOT Holdings Inc. , the second-biggest U.S. futures market, are each considering raising their offers a third time, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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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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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings (2501.T)  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible  takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news  agency reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK -- Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. will proceed with a plan to sell about $800 million of bonds from a money-losing hedge fund run by Bear Stearns Cos. , a day after delaying a similar auction, people with knowledge of the offering said.
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Citigroup  bid $10.8 billion for Japan's scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, hoping to secure its biggest Asian deal and mark its resurgence in the world's second-biggest economy.