Japanese investors block merger
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Japanese shareholders wield their power for the first time to block a merger that had been approved by the firms' boards.
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The battle for Japanese beer maker Sapporo Holdings , which faces a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, fizzed on Friday with newspapers reporting that bigger rivals Asahi Breweries Ltd.  or Kirin Brewery  may integrate Sapporo.
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Ongoing investigation leads companies to put off  merger of their wireless-equipment units until March.
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Gold Fields shareholders reject merger with Iamgold.
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The biggest takeover battle in Japanese history got even bigger as the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group sought to disrupt a rival's expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ Holdings.
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Overnight strength in European shares helped push up Japanese stocks on Thursday morning, but Japan&#39;s beleaguered consumer finance companies acted once more as a drag on the market.
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The Rouse Co. and the Chicago mall developer that hopes to acquire it have gone to court to block heirs of the late billionaire Howard Hughes from disrupting the acquisition.
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The Nasdaq exchange will halt trade in NEC Corp  ADRs from September 27, after the Japanese electronics group missed a twice-extended deadline to file an auditor-approved earnings report, NEC said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s Supreme Court cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said.
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The battle for Japanese beer maker  Sapporo Holdings (2501.T), which faces a takeover bid by U.S.  hedge fund Steel Partners, fizzed on Friday with newspapers  reporting that bigger rivals Asahi Breweries Ltd. (2502.T) or  Kirin Brewery (2503.T) may integrate Sapporo.
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Japan's efforts to have restrictions lifted on the trade in whalemeat are rebuffed at an international meeting.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - Japan blocked European Union efforts on Tuesday to set a 2009 deadline for agreement on an international pact to battle climate change once the Kyoto Protocol on reducing carbon emissions expires in 2012.
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A unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM.N   botched a trade for a basket of Japanese stocks on Monday when   it mistakenly sold shares linked to the wrong index, helping   spark a brief fall in the market.
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China's securities regulator has blocked a deal under which Microsoft Corp.  and other firms were to invest in Sichuan Changhong Electric Co , the Chinese home appliance maker said on Friday.
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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Shareholders of the companies keep waiting and waiting on a merger.
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The Nikkei average edged down 0.12  percent on Wednesday as profit-taking wiped out earlier gains  in Softbank Corp. (9984.T) and other index heavyweights, and  paper stocks lost ground after Oji Paper Co. Ltd. (3861.T) said  it expected its $1.4 billion takeover bid for a rival to fail.