Shinsei Bank Agrees to Take Control of Japan&#39;s Aplus
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Shinsei Bank Ltd., Japan&#39;s eighth- largest bank by market value, agreed to acquire two-thirds of Japanese consumer finance company Aplus Co.
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Internet and telecoms giant Softbank Corp  (9984.T) will spend about 40 billion yen ($350 million) to  start operations next year at a new data centre in southwestern  Japan, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
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LONDON - (BUSINESS WIRE) â-ept. 27, 2004 â -ds advised by Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (âApax Partnersâ) and Cinven Limited (âCinvenâ), announce that they have agreed to acquire VNU World Directories
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The UK&#39;s Financial Services Authority approved Santander Central Hispano SA&#39;s 9.4 billion-pound ($17.4 billion) takeover of Abbey National Plc, paving the way for Europe&#39;s biggest cross-border bank merger.
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Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), one of China&#39;s biggest vehicle producers, clinched a much-heralded final deal with creditors of Ssangyong Motors yesterday to take over the No 4 South Korean automaking firm.
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Cable &amp; Wireless has agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Softbank for 72.4 million pounds. The deal, under which the Japanese Internet communications company will assume debt worth 9.5 million
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Cable &amp; Wireless yesterday sold its Japanese business to Softbank Corp for Â£72.4m. The move is the last big part of the company&#39;s retrenchment and leaves it focused on Britain and a handful of former British colonies.
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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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TOKYO Softbank said on Monday that it would offer a cut-rate phone service in Japan, a move that could undermine Nippon Telegraph Telephone&#39;s position as the dominant player in the country&#39;s fixed-line market.
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Alliance Capital Management Holding LP (AC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to sell its cash management business to Federated Investors Inc.
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NTT DoCoMo said it will work with AT&T to promote roaming in the U.S. as a result of the deal.
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The High Court in Japan has approved the unification negotiations of UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi group thereby paving the way for the world&#39;s largest bank.
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SEOUL In one of the highest-profile international acquisitions by a Chinese company, Shanghai Automotive Industry signed a $500 million deal on Thursday to acquire control of the South Korean company Ssangyong Motor.
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&quot;All administrative work has been completed to sell Hynix&#39;s non-memory chip unit to Citigroup Venture Equity Partners LP,&quot; Hynix&#39;s primary creditor bank said.
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Citigroup said Tuesday that it had completed its move to take full control of Japanese brokerage house Nikko Cordial Corp., overcoming hurdles from financial difficulties at the US financial powerhouse.
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Apax Partners Worldwide LLP and Cinven Ltd. agreed to buy VNU NV&#39;s directories unit for 2.1 billion euros ($2.6 billion), betting they can repeat Apax&#39;s past success in buying and selling yellow pages assets.
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EMI will buy out shares in Toshiba-EMI, it's Japanese joint venture with Toshiba.