Japan's SMFG Bids &#36;29 Billion for UFJ
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316.T) laid out a &#36;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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Japanese Internet firm Softbank has offered about 200 billion yen (1.96 billion dollars) to buy Tu-Ka mobile phone companies from Japan's second-ranked mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp., a news report said.
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One of Japan's main railway operators announced plans to spend 355 billion yen (3.1 billion dollars) developing high-speed magnetic trains, just days after a fatal crash in Germany raised concerns about the ultra-modern technology.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. dropped after a competitor made a hostile takeover bid for UFJ Holdings Inc.
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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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UFJ Holdings Inc., Japan&#39;s fourth- biggest lender, said the nation&#39;s Supreme Court upheld its right to merge with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.
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U.S. financial authorities will likely take disciplinary action against Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)  for slack monitoring of suspected money laundering, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday said the United Nations will use &#36;30 million in revenue from the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq to pay the initial bill for the independent investigation of corruption allegations in the program.
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The US Joint Forces Command has awarded a $29 million contract to design, establish and maintain a Joint Advanced Training Technology Laboratory to Anteon International Corp.
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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 made after Japan&#39;s state turnaround body approved
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Goldman Sachs (GS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is considering a tender offer for all shares in Takefuji Corp. (8564.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , Japan&#39;s
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UFJ Holdings Inc., Japan&#39;s fourth- biggest lender, said it hasn&#39;t finalized its earnings outlook. UFJ plans to eliminate more than 700 billion yen ($6.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jan. 31--TOKYO -- The government's Financial Services Agency issued a  business practice improvement order Wednesday to Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co.  over the brokerage's violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
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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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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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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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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks  with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm  Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over $2.74 billion, a source told  Reuters on Friday, heating up competition among foreign  investors to enter a $97 billion industry.