$29 billion hostile bid for Japanese bank
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TOKYO The biggest takeover battle in Japanese history got even bigger on Tuesday, as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group sought to disrupt a rival&#39;s expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ Holdings.
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US banking giant Citigroup offers 1.253 trillion yen to buy Nikko Cordial, Japan's third-largest brokerage.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world's No.1 miner, launched a hostile $147.4 billion bid  for Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc , a deal that would be the  world's second largest takeover if successful.
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Business & money: Bank's management faces hostile shareholder meeting amid signs fate is in the government's hands
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A report says Goldman Sachs has made a bid for the Japanese consumer finance giant, challenging Newbridge Capital.
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The company said its quarterly loss ballooned to $302.6 million as it struggled with its mortgage lending arm and said it is trying to renegotiate the sale of the unit.
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The discount giant's Japanese unit continues to struggle.
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Three Japanese banks that have been asked to provide $5 billion each to a subprime support fund planned by U.S. banks have balked at what they see as an unreasonably high figure, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
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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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The Nasdaq reveals a Â£2.7bn  hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange.
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A Japanese trust bank on Thursday sued UFJ Holdings Inc., one of the nation's top four banks, to block its planned merger with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a move that would create the world's largest bank.
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Blockbuster Inc., the No. 1 U.S. video rental chain, on Tuesday threatened to launch a &#36;1 billion hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment Corp. if its smaller rival decides to stick with a previous offer from a buyout firm.
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After 18 months of heated rhetoric, antitrust judgments and a few billion dollars more, Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile bid for smaller rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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United Financial Group (UFJ), the Japanese bank, has been banned by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) from making loans to large companies in both of the countryâs two biggest industrial centres as punishment for deceiving inspectors during an
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US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has formally launched a 2.9 billion-pound hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, setting shareholders a deadline of January 11 to accept the offer.
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The battle to form the world&#39;s biggest bank has intensified after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group tabled an offer to buy Japanese rival UFJ Holdings.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s financial watchdog may file a criminal complaint this month against UFJ Bank, the main banking unit of ailing UFJ Holdings Inc, for trying to evade a bank inspection, media reports said.