Sumitomo Mitsui launches hostile bid of $29.2 billion for UFJ ...
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NEW YORK, August 24 (New Ratings) - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group announced a hostile takeover bid today of $29.2 billion (Â¥3.2 trillion) for UFJ Holdings Inc (ticker: UFJ).
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Japan&#39;s Supreme Court has ruled that UFJ bank can pull out of a deal to sell its trust business to rival Sumitomo. The ruling removes a key obstacle to a planned merger between UFJ and Mitsubishi Financial, which would create the world&#39;s biggest bank.
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Japan's Sumitomo Trust and Banking -- the trust arm of a rival suitor for UFJ Holdings -- filed a new lawsuit as part of its effort to secure a deal which could create the world's largest bank.
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TOKYO - In the old days in Japan, a merger between two banks would have been quietly brokered behind closed doors. But the current clash between two major Japanese banks over competing bids for a smaller rival is turning into a boisterous public brawl.
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The Nasdaq reveals a Â£2.7bn  hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s third-largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said it is not currently considering a hostile takeover bid if UFJ Holdings rejects its merger offer.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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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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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. yesterday launched a $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange in what analysts say is one of the most aggressive moves yet for market consolidation.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  8316.T laid out a $29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings 8307.T  on Tuesday, challenging a rival offer by Mitsubishi Tokyo  Financial Group 8306.T to form the world's biggest bank.
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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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Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion  pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange   on Tuesday, appealing directly to investors after being  spurned by Europe's biggest stock market.
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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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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings  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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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jan. 30--TOKYO -- Trading house Sumitomo Corp. is considering investing  in Westinghouse Electric Co., a major U.S. nuclear reactor builder which  Toshiba Corp. took control of last year, industry sources said Tuesday.
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TOKYO: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc&#39;s US$29bil hostile bid for UFJ Holdings Inc may hinge on its ability to convince shareholders that it can cut costs and bad loans at Japan&#39;s most unprofitable bank, investors said.
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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.