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MERGERS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2019
Renault wants merger with Nissan and Fiat Chrysler: report
Renault SA is aiming to restart merger talks with Nissan Motor Co. within 12 months as the first step toward the creation of a bigger auto conglomerate that will involve a bid by both companies for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
France downplays Renault-Nissan merger idea amid tensions over lopsided alliance built by Ghosn
France's finance minister says there is no plan to remodel the alliance between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., despite reports to the contrary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2019
With nearly $900 billion in cash at the ready, Japan's M&A spending spree likely to continue
Japan outmuscled China to dominate mergers and acquisitions in Asia last year, and with companies in possession of more than $890 billion in cash, the spending spree is likely to continue in 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2018
Air hockey-playing robot shows how Huawei haunts T-Mobile's Sprint deal
Huawei Technologies Co. and wireless carrier SoftBank Group Corp.' close business dealings could be an issue in T-Mobile U.S. Inc.'s proposed purchase of SoftBank's Sprint Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2018
New Xerox CEO calls Fujifilm's bid to renew merger talks 'delusional,' casts shadow over Fuji Xerox venture
Xerox Corp. CEO John Visentin blasted his Fujifilm Holdings Corp. counterpart's efforts to revive merger talks and warned that he doesn't plan to renew the companies' Asia joint venture Fuji Xerox in 2021.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2018
New York judge rejects Fujifilm bid to dissolve Xerox deal injunction
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. failed to persuade a Manhattan state judge to dissolve an order barring its planned merger with Xerox Corp., cutting off a possible option for keeping the deal alive.
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2018
Telecom deal would help and challenge Son
While Masayoshi Son will lose control of Sprint, the deal — if approved — will loosen financial constraints on his other businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2018
Xerox CEO resigns as lawsuit puts Fujifilm deal at risk
Xerox's chief and six board members agree to step down in a victory for businessman Carl Icahn in his battle against the firms's $6.1 billion takeover by Fujifilm.
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2018
Sainsbury grocer to add Asda in $10 Billion deal with Walmart
U.K. grocer J Sainsbury PLC plans to buy Walmart Inc.'s Asda in a £7.3 billion ($10 billion) deal that would transform the country's supermarket industry and leave the U.S. retailer as the combined company's biggest shareholder.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2018
Competitive policy amid the falling population
With the population shrinking, markets are contracting. The government needs to decide how best to maintain competition between companies in such an environment.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 3, 2018
Cryptocurrency groups squabble over merger as shadow of regulation looms
Two Japanese groups vying to oversee the virtual-currency industry can't agree on terms for a merger seen as vital to warding off deeper government regulation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2017
Japan's Idemitsu and Showa Shell to merge key operations next spring
Japanese refiners Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. will combine management of their key businesses, an Idemitsu spokesman has said, pursuing a merger bitterly opposed by a core investor — Idemitsu's founding family.

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