Sumitomo puts $29 bn takeover bid for UFJ
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Japanâs second largest bank, today put forward a Â¥3,200 billion ($29 billion) takeover bid for United Financial Group (UFJ), the countryâs fourth biggest lender, in an effort to regain initiative in its bidding
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks with  the founding family Takefuji Corp., the biggest player in  Japan's $100 billion consumer finance industry, that may result  in the U.S. firm buying about a third of the company for more  than $2.7 billion, a financial source said.
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Japan's Sumitomo Corp. began a 1.1-billion-dollar damages claim against a unit of French bank Credit Agricole for allegedly turning a blind eye to massive unauthorised copper deals in one of the world's biggest rogue trading scandals.
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The Supreme Court on Monday gave the go-ahead to merger negotiations between UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.
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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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Japan&#39;s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it proposed to UFJ Holdings Inc. that the two banks merge on an equal basis in its latest attempt to woo UFJ away from a rival suitor.
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The battle to form the world's biggest bank intensifies after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group tables an offer to buy Japanese rival UFJ Holdings.
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The world's third largest cigarette  group, Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T), on Thursday made a 7.5  billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for rival Gallaher  Group Plc , sources close to the situation said.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s Supreme Court cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said.
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Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it proposed to UFJ Holdings Inc. that the two banks merge on an equal basis in its latest attempt to woo UFJ away from a rival suitor.
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Japan's second-biggest non-life insurer Mitsui Sumitomo is in talks to buy Aviva's Asian units.
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The biggest-ever takeover battle in Japan got even bigger today as Sumitomo Mitsui sought to disrupt a rival's expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ.
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US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has offered to buy stakes in Japan's biggest consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for more than 300 billion yen (2.8 billion dollars), a report said.
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Japan's Supreme Court said merger talks could proceed between troubled UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Group Inc. -- the latest development in an escalating battle among the country's top banks to potentially create the world's largest banking company.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. confirmed on Friday it  was in talks to buy smaller rival Gallaher Group Plc L> , in a  7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) deal that would extend its  overseas expansion.
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By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 7--GenCorp Inc. said Tuesday it has received a $29.7 million payment from the company that bought its chemical business in 2005.
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Japanese stocks rose, with the Topix index having its longest winning streak in 13 months. UFJ Holdings Inc. advanced after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.