Japanese retailer Daiei receives bailout
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TOKYO Daiei, Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share write-downs and funds from sponsor companies worth Â¥707 billion to restore its finances, Japan&#39;s bailout agency said Tuesday.
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Japan's main stock index rose to a  near-seven year high on Monday on signs of a big department  store merger, and the dollar idled around multi-week lows amid  expectations the U.S. may cut interest rates this year.
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Japan's cabinet agrees the controversial privatisation of its multi-trillion dollar postal savings system.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 9--TOKYO -- Major retailer Daiei Inc. said Friday it has lowered its  group sales estimate for the just-ended business year due largely to  weaker-than-expected sales of clothing and other items caused by this winter's  unusually warm weather.
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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  (1878.T), 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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By STAFF, Herald  New Zealand Dairies Ltd appears to have overcome its financial hurdle as nervous dairy farmers look on.   Last Friday the Herald broke the news the new dairy factory was saved by a last minute $24m deal from an overseas investor.
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The Bank of Japan injected funds into the  banking system on Monday for same-day settlement, the second  time in three sessions the central bank has used the rare  operation to stem a jump in overnight rates.
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Troubled Japanese retailer Daiei Inc. and housing builder Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. will receive financial assistance from a government-backed organization that orchestrates corporate bailouts.
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TOKYO Isuzu Motors, Japan&#39;s largest truck maker, said Thursday that two of the nation&#39;s three largest trading companies would buy its shares, as the company&#39;s earnings recover from a slump in 2002 that required a bailout from five banks.
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Announcing an alliance that would create Japan's biggest retail grouping, Aeon supermarket chain said Friday it will take a 15 percent stake in troubled Daiei for 46.2 billion yen, or $393.5 million.
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LG Card Co.&#39;s creditors and former owners agreed to a less-than-planned 1 trillion won ($965 million) bailout of South Korea&#39;s second-largest credit card issuer, helping it escape bankruptcy for the second time in a year.
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Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. shares surged as much as 8.1 percent after Japan&#39;s corporate bailout agency agreed to help reorganize the builder with aid from banks and investment from Toyota Motor Corp.
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Daiei Inc., Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, must cut debt without government aid after a deadline set by a state bailout agency passed, agency officials said.
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Shares in ailing Japanese retailer Daiei Inc. jumped 16 percent after US giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. confirmed it was interested in aiding the firm's revival.
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UFJ, the Japanese bank in the midst of a takeover battle, is to get a $6.4bn injection of cash from its suitor to help it cope with massive bad loans.
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A Japanese government-backed organization will ask financial institutions to provide troubled retailer Daiei with 600 billion yen (5.7 billion dollars) in financial assistance.