Japanese retailer Daiei receives bailout
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TOKYO Daiei, Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share write-downs and funds from sponsor companies worth Â¥707 billion to restore its finances, Japan&#39;s bailout agency said Tuesday.
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Announcing an alliance that would create Japan's biggest retail grouping, Aeon supermarket chain said Friday it will take a 15 percent stake in troubled Daiei for 46.2 billion yen, or $393.5 million.
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Japanese Internet service provider Softbank Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay troubled retailer Daiei Inc. 5 billion yen (&#36;48.5 million) for its baseball team, becoming the second Net company to snap up a Japanese baseball club this year.
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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 , 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 Nikkei average dipped 0.37 percent by the close on Wednesday as some major banks, including UFJ Holdings Inc., reversed gains they had made after approval by Japan's state turnaround body of a restructuring plan for troubled retailer Daiei Inc.
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Aeon, Japanâs leading retailer in terms of sales, has teamed up with Kyocera, the ceramics and electronic parts manufacturer, in its bid to sponsor Daiei, the retailer that is
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World&#39;s biggest retailer Wal-Mart said it was considering investing in Daiei Inc., helping send shares in the troubled Japanese retailer up 27 percent Thursday.
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Daiei Inc., Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, agreed to seek aid from a government-run bailout agency after failing to win creditor support for its own restructuring plan.
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A group led by U.S. investment firm Aetos Capital LLC has outbid Morgan Stanley  and others by offering 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a roughly 30 percent stake in Japanese property developer Daito Trust Construction Co , a financial source said on Friday.
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Japanese investor Advantage Partners Inc. and trading house Marubeni Corp. are in talks to team up in a bid to sponsor the rehabilitation of ailing retailer Daiei, a report said.
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Debt-ridden Japanese retailer Daiei is considering seeking help from a state-backed corporate body, reversing an earlier reluctance after pressure from its creditors, officials said.
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Citigroup , which has been raising  funds since taking a huge hit from the U.S. subprime mortgage  meltdown, has sold its Japan headquarters to rival Morgan  Stanley  in a deal reportedly worth US$445 million.
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Struggling Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors secures a 56bn yen loan as it continues efforts to turn itself around.
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By STAFF, Herald  New Zealand Dairies Ltd appears to have overcome its financial hurdle as nervous dairy farmers look on.   Last Friday the Herald broke the news the new dairy factory was saved by a last minute $24m deal from an overseas investor.
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Japan's second-largest bank says it is committed to supporting struggling Mitsubishi Motors, despite denying it is preparing 100bn yen of fresh investment
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Japan passed a law Wednesday to fund the reorganization of U.S. forces in Japan
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  will spend up to 100 billion yen ($878 million) to buy out minority shareholders in Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu Ltd  in an effort to turn around the money-losing chain.