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Articles Written by: ALISON TUDOR
TOKYO: Shiseido, the Japanese cosmetics company, and the Internet access provider eAccess are among a handful of Japanese companies that have recently scrapped the "poison pill" takeover defense strategy, bucking a trend that has helped shape Japan's ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm Lone Star said on Monday it has no unpaid tax liabilities in Japan, denying a claim by the national tax agency that it owes money.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau ...
From ALISON TUDOR,
Boston Globe,
31 Mar 2008
TOKYO: The biggest deals signed by private equity firms in Japan recently have been acquisitions of "second-hand" assets from other funds, which may force them to make fierce and politically sensitive cost cuts at newly acquired companies as they seek ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Investment banks Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co <1878.T>, sources familiar with the deal said, in what could stack up to be one ...
From ALISON TUDOR,
Boston Globe,
20 Dec 2007
TOKYO/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Global private equity firm Permira , said it had won the race to buy agrichemical company Arysta LifeScience Corp for about 250 billion yen ($2.2 billion) enterprise value, marking its first deal in ...
From ALISON TUDOR AND JESSICA HALL,
Boston Globe,
21 Oct 2007
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has given up on the sale of its microchip unit after private equity buyer Advantage Partners LLP failed to secure funds for the deal in tougher credit markets, dealing a blow to its share price.
The planned sale ...
From KIYOSHI TAKENAKA AND ALISON TUDOR,
Boston Globe,
17 Oct 2007