Citigroup says no plans to sweeten Nikko bid
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Citigroup said on Monday that it had no plans to alter the terms of its $10.8 billion bid for Nikko Cordial Corp. even after a surprise decision by the Tokyo Stock Exchange to not delist the brokerage.
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Citigroup  is set to launch a tender  offer for scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp. (8603.T), and the  Japanese brokerage is considering the bid favorably, a Nikko  Cordial spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Monday it had decided not to strip Nikko Cordial Corp.  of its share listing over an accounting scandal, a decision that could weaken Citigroup's  $10.8 billion takeover bid for the brokerage.
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Citigroup  flagged its interest in  buying a bank in Germany on Tuesday but played down recent talk  that it was about to swoop on Commerzbank .
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Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it would shutter part of its Japanese trust business and promised sharper oversight of its remaining operations
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Citigroup  is considering selling Nikko Cordial Corp's  principal finance arm if it acquires the scandal-hit Japanese brokerage group, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
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The trend doesn't seem to be working with Citi Trends at the moment.
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A second U.S. investment fund dismissed Citigroup's $10.8 billion buyout offer for Nikko Cordial Corp. on Friday, propelling the Japanese brokerage's shares further above Citigroup's offer price.
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U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to  bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove CAZ.UL, challenging rivals JP  Morgan JPM.L and Lehman Brothers LEH.N for the City's most  venerable institution, the Observer reported.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange decided on Monday not to strip Nikko Cordial Corp.  of its share listing over an accounting scandal in a surprise ruling that could weaken Citigroup's  $10.8 billion takeover bid for the brokerage.
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Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S.  bank, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this  year, a move that could make it easier to buy Japanese firms  through stock swaps, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily  reported on Sunday.
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Citigroup Inc  CEO Vikram Pandit is likely to keep the company intact rather than spinning off or selling units such as the Smith Barney retail brokerage, CNBC's Charles Gasparino said on Tuesday without citing sources.
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TOKYO/NEW YORK  - Citigroup Inc.  bid $10.8 billion for troubled Japanese securities firm Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, as the largest U.S. bank looks to return to prominence in a country where it has suffered big losses.
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European regulators said on Tuesday they do not intend objecting to the proposed merger of Euronext and the NYSE, removing a hurdle to the completion of the $10 billion transatlantic alliance.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange is likely to decide next week on delisting brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp.  instead of Friday as has been widely expected, Kyodo reported, citing a senior exchange official.
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SL Green Realty said it would not raise its offer for Reckson Associates Realty to match a competing bid by a group led by the financier Carl C. Icahn.
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LONDON/ZURICH  - Barclays  has not ruled out adding cash to the terms its ABN AMRO offer should it need to boost its bid to fight off a rival offer from a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.