C&W in talks to sell Japanese operations
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Cable and Wireless, the UK based telecommunications group, is in talks with Softbank and MKS Partners, a private equity group, about selling its Japanese operations, in a move that would represent a retreat from the market.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 9--TOKYO -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange will be able to make a decision  on the delisting of Nikko Cordial Corp.
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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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The companies are rumored to be in talks to upgrade an Iraqi petrochemical plant.
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Stelco, Canadaâs last domestically owned steel maker, said it was in early talks that might lead to its sale.
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Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.  , which operates six cinemas in China with local  partners, has agreed to sell three to a Chinese company and is  in talks to offload the rest, a company spokesman said on  Thursday.
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Japan Tobacco Inc has offered to buy British rival Gallaher Group in a deal that could be the largest-ever acquisition by a Japanese firm worth at least 15 billion dollars plus debt.
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Dubai Ports World, which owns P&O, says it will sell about 20% of its shares in an offering next month.
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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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TOKYO: Carrefour is planning to sell its Japanese retail operations to generate cash as its core European sales slump and competition increases, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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TOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said today it&#39;s in talks to buy a plot of land in central Japan&#39;s Nagoya city from Mitsubishi Motors for building aircraft parts.
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Movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc.  is in talks to sell pieces of its international operations including its Taiwan arm, Chief Executive John Antioco said on Tuesday.
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U.S. fund Cerberus Capital Management LP  is likely to sell its stake of about 40 percent in Japan's Imperial Hotel Ltd. , the Nikkei business daily reported in its evening edition on Tuesday.
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Japan's Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (8031.T) and  Mitsubishi Corp. (8058.T) are seeking cash from Russia's state  gas monopoly Gazprom  in exchange for part of their  stakes in the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project, sources close to  the talks said on Monday.
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Ritchie Capital Management LLC, a large Chicago-based hedge fund group, on Wednesday said it is in talks to sell its main Multi-Strategy Global fund in a deal that it said could be worth $1 billion, a spokesman said.
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Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.,  which operates six cinemas in China with local partners, has  agreed to sell three to a Chinese company and is in talks to  offload the rest, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
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Cable and Wireless, the British telecoms group, said it had agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Internet service provider Softbank Corp for about 133 million dollars (104 million euros) including debt.