Topcon Gets Buyout Bids From KKR, EQT as Japan M&A Heats Up
Topcon Corp. is weighing takeover bids from suitors including KKR & Co. and EQT AB, the latest sign of escalating buyout activity in Japan.
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Topcon Corp. is weighing takeover bids from suitors including KKR & Co. and EQT AB, the latest sign of escalating buyout activity in Japan.
Asian banks including DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. are among potential suitors for PT Bank Pan Indonesia, according to people familiar with the matter.
Seoul’s cityscape has transformed into a glittering color display marrying K-pop and politics, with scores of music fans singing in the streets and waving glow sticks in protest of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The Seoul transplant Jungsik is the big winner in this year’s rankings, and a famed French dining room gets demoted.
Xiaomi Corp. showed off a new SUV it plans to sell around the summer of 2025, intensifying an effort to take on Tesla Inc. and BYD Co. in the world’s biggest electric vehicle arena.
Raj Kumar and Kishin RK, the father and son duo behind one of Singapore’s biggest property portfolios, are setting up a family office in Abu Dhabi, joining a growing list of rich people helping to cement the Middle East’s status as a haven for the super wealthy.
President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed KC Crosbie as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, after his daughter-in-law stepped aside amid speculation about a future post in the Senate.
Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan is putting up $431 million of the company’s stock, and could end up selling it, as he looks to access some of his wealth tied to the firm.
Australia’s business confidence fell sharply in November and conditions, which measure jobs, sales and profitability, softened further in another sign that the private sector of the economy is under heavy pressure.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries is in talks with banks for a loan of as much as $3 billion to refinance debt due next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Luigi Mangione, a “person of interest” in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson, was charged with possessing an illegal gun and using a fake identification after being arrested in Pennsylvania Monday.
Gold steadied after an advance as traders shifted focus to key US inflation reports due this week that may shape expectations ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final interest-rate decision of the year.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, a sit-down between two populist leaders that could spur worries in some foreign capitals about Trump’s approach to the war in Ukraine.
President-elect Donald Trump wants a lawsuit against him by the co-founders of his social-media platform put on hold so that a Delaware judge can decide whether presidential immunity covers the case.
Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil-fuel clients in 2023, according to Insure Our Future.
From spotting weeds in cotton fields to scanning the bush for signs of poachers, AI startups are recruiting scores of experts for highly specialized tasks.