Japan's Marubeni Corp. denies stake sale
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Marubeni Corp., a Japanese import-export company, said Wednesday it was open to strategic partners in operating supermarket chain Daiei Inc., but denied news reports that it had approached either Wal-Mart or Aeon Co., a Japanese retailer, to get help in reviving Daiei.
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A key member of the family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  opposes a $5 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , fearing the sale would endanger the Wall Street Journal's independence, the paper reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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Britain's biggest buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley Plc (B&B) denied a report it was considering a bid for part of troubled lender Northern Rock Plc.
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South Korea's SK Telecom denied reports that it is preparing a takeover bid for Sprint Nextel.
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Takafumi Horie, the founder of Japan&#039;s scandal-hit Livedoor Internet firm, has denied charges of fraud in a humble letter that marked a departure from his former brash style.
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European banking giant UniCredit  on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .
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Business & money: Shares fall on firmly denied report that investment arm was exposed to failure of German bank.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s third-largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said it is not currently considering a hostile takeover bid if UFJ Holdings rejects its merger offer.
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The automaker, now owned by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, refused to state the size of the loss.
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Japan's new prime minister denied on Tuesday that he wants to change the country's pacifist constitution to permit its military to wage war overseas.
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Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. probably won't buy an equity stake in General Motors Corp. , according to people familiar with the companies' discussions about an alliance.
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The Japanese unit of Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip maker, declined comment on Saturday on media reports that it would receive a warning from Japan's antitrust regulators about its business practices.
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FRANKFURT/TOKYO  - DaimlerChrysler AG DCXGn.DE  insisted on Thursday that joint development projects with  Mitsubishi Motors Corp 7211.T (MMC) would continue despite  its refusal this year to help bail out its Japanese partner.
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Japan has admitted it would refuse to fund any deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions without clear progress in a bilateral row over the communist state's abductions of Japanese nationals.
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Italy's Autogrill denies press reports suggesting it plans to buy Britain's Little Chef.
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SINGAPORE : In a further twist to Temasek&#39;s takeover offer for Neptune Orient Lines, NOL&#39;s directors have rejected a call by substantial shareholder, Paulson &amp; Co, to seek
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French retail giant Carrefour SA has denied a press report it is planning to sell its operations in Japan.