Goldman, Morgan Stanley bid for Daito stake: sources
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U.S. investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , sources familiar with the deal said, in what could stack up to be one of the biggest buyouts ever in Japan.
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Dow Jones & Co., which has been in  talks for a takeover by News Corp., will meet with supermarket  magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source  familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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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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Citigroup Inc.  and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.  are in discussions to receive more capital from investors, primarily foreign governments, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Lehman Brothers&#39;s  lagging  stock price offers the chance to buy into a rising power as it  seeks to join the company of larger investment banks like  Goldman Sachs  and Morgan Stanley , Barron&#39;s  reported in its June 18 edition.
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TOKYO Daiei, Japan&#39;s third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share writedowns and funds from sponsor companies totaling Â¥707 billion, or $6.9 billion, to restore the company&#39;s finances, Japan&#39;s bailout agency said Tuesday.
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A group led by U.S. investment firm Aetos  Capital LLC has outbid Morgan Stanley  and others by  offering 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a roughly 30  percent stake in Japanese property developer Daito Trust  Construction Co (1878.T), a financial source said on Friday.
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Goldman Sachs Group , the world's largest investment bank, plans to start doing mutual fund business in India, the Business Standard news paper reported on Sunday, without disclosing the source.
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Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp.  and a unit of investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  are in exclusive talks with Raytheon Co.  to buy the defense contractor's aircraft unit, according to a source close to the process.
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Top IPO underwriter Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  this week launched a platform allowing an exclusive club of big investors to trade unregistered, privately placed securities, in the latest challenge to U.S. equity markets.
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TOKYO Wal-Mart Stores is considering taking a stake in the heavily indebted Japanese retailer Daiei, a move that could greatly expand the presence of the world&#39;s largest retailer in the world&#39;s second-largest retail market.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  has emerged as a leading contender to buy the troubled U.S.  division of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG  (DCXGn.DE), The Detroit News reported on its Web site on  Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 23--TOKYO -- Citigroup Inc. will sharply raise its equity stake in  the scandal-tainted Nikko Cordial Corp. group, industry sources said Friday.
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  denied a newspaper report on Saturday which said it was putting its Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) operation, Morgan Stanley Advantage Services Pvt Ltd (MSAS), up for sale.
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Investment banks Goldman Sachs Group  Inc. GS.N and Morgan Stanley MWD.N have agreed to pay about  $40 million each to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission allegations of misconduct in their handling of  initial public stock offerings, sources familiar with the  matter said on Tuesday.
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Citigroup was poised on Tuesday to launch a takeover bid for scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. in a deal worth more than $5 billion that would mark the U.S. bank's resurgence in Japan.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.