Mizuho, Citigroup May Co-Underwrite Equity Sales to Beat Nomura
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan&#39;s biggest bank by assets, plans to partner Citigroup Inc.&#39;s Japanese investment banking venture to grab equity underwriting business from Nomura Holdings Inc.
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Japanese investment bank Nomura is in talks to provide financial backing for Keith Harris, a businessman and fan of Manchester United who wants to prevent the football club&#39;s takeover by a US sports tycoon.
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Mizuho, Japan's biggest bank, says a sharp fall in bad debts means good news ahead - despite a dip in current profits.
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Citigroup  is set to launch a tender offer for scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp. , and the Japanese brokerage is considering the bid favorably, a Nikko Cordial spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Citigroup Inc  is selling or closing some retail branches and consumer finance operations in Asia, Europe and Latin America to focus on more profitable businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Citigroup Inc  is selling or  closing some retail branches and consumer finance operations in  Asia, Europe and Latin America to focus on more profitable  businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Mizuho, the world&#39;s largest bank in terms of assets, is taking a 4.92 per cent stake in Nikko Cordial, Japan&#39;s number three securities firm, to become its second largest shareholder after Citigroup.
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TOKYO -- Citigroup announced a tender offer Tuesday to raise its stake in Nikko Cordial to more than 50 percent and make the scandal-tainted Japanese securities company a subsidiary, strengthening its presence in the country.
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Citigroup Inc  said on Monday it had received approval to list shares in Tokyo early next month, as the largest U.S. bank continues to boost its presence in the world's second-largest economy.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan&#39;s biggest bank by assets, raised its full-year profit forecast 64 percent to 720 billion yen ($6.9 billion) after winning a legal ruling to recover taxes paid in 1996.
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JAPANESE investment bank Nomura is exploring ways of blocking a takeover of Manchester United by US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, it has been reported.
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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 (1878.T),  which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources  familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Citigroup Inc , Merrill Lynch & Co  and JPMorgan Chase & Co  may face larger fourth-quarter debt write-offs than previously expected, and Citigroup may have to slash its dividend 40 percent to preserve capital, according to a Goldman Sachs & Co analyst.
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Citigroup  plans to boost the number of its branch locations in Japan by 40 percent to about 200, including those of recently acquired brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. , as the financial firm looks to move beyond a niche role in the world's second-largest economy.
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TOKYO Mizuho Financial Group, the world&#39;s second-largest bank by assets, on Monday raised its profit forecast by a third on expectations that the cost of bad-loan disposals would fall, compensating for a decline in revenue.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T),  Japan's second-biggest bank, is in talks to invest more than  $925 million in Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , sources said on  Tuesday, amid speculation the U.S. bank is looking to further  boost its capital.
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Without citing specific sources, the Sunday newspaper said Citigroup&#39;s price could exceed Lehman&#39;s offer, put by sources at 500 million pounds up front, but would likely fall short of the 1 billion pounds-plus sought by Cazenove.