TOKYO: Private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital each offered more than US$5 billion in first-round bids for the non-core assets of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, according to people familiar with the matter. KKR offered around 800 billion yen (US$5.1 billion) for York Holdings, an entity due to be…
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Taiwan has blocked Uber Technologies’ $950 million purchase of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business on the island because of anti-competition concerns, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).Uber, Delivery Hero and Foodpanda did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission could not be immediately reached.Bloomberg News said CNA did not detail where it obtained the information.Uber and Delivery Hero announced the Taiwan deal in…
TOKYO : Private equity firms including KKR and Bain Capital offered from around 750 billion…
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TOKYO : A leading indicator of Japan’s service-sector inflation hit 3.0 per cent in November, accelerating for a second straight month, data showed on Wednesday, backing up the central bank’s view that rising wages are prodding more firms to pass on higher costs.Service-sector inflation is being closely watched by the…
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