TOKYO (Nikkei)--Orix Corp. (8591) has decided to spend 8.5 billion yen to buy South Korean regional bank Pureun Mutual Savings Bank No. 2.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Zeria Pharmaceutical Co.'s (4559) plan to buy Danish drugmaker Biofac Esbjerg is a bold strategic move to carve out a profitable niche for itself in the international market, and may signal a broader trend among other midsize players as they grope for better sales in a changing business environment.
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc. has offered $40 a share, or $1.5 billion, to acquire smaller rival Casey's General Stores Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--The volume electronics retailer will acquire more than 13,000 shares of PC Depot Corp. to become its second-largest shareholder.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Online research firm Macromill Inc.'s merger with an Internet research unit of Yahoo Japan Corp. (4689) is meant to avert excessive competition and maintain fair prices in the Internet research market, said Tetsuya Sugimoto, chairman and president of Macromill.
