Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its $45.8 billion bid to buy Seven & I Holdings, citing a refusal to engage meaningfully. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/couche-tard-abandons-seven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
SoftBank Group’s acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the U.S. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/companies/softbank-ampere-ftc/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amperecomputing #us #softbank #acquisitions #ftc
Drug wholesaler Medipal Holdings is seeking merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its business and combat slower growth in the market in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/companies/japan-medipal-drug-firm-ma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #medipalholdings #pharmaceuticals #acquisitions #mergers
U.S. President Donald Trump will exercise a degree of control over U.S. Steel while he is in office under the terms of the "golden share." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/trump-steel-superpowers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #us #usjapanrelations #mergers #acquisitions #donaldtrump #steel
Japan needs a big, beautiful trade deal with the United States, and the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal has been suggested as a model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/big-beautiful-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business#nipponsteel #ussteel #us #usjapanrelations #acquisitions #donaldtrump #steel #manufacturing #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #trade
Tokio Marine Holdings sees scope for further expansion in the U.S. as Japan’s largest property-and-casualty insurer explores acquisition opportunities around the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/companies/tokio-marine-more-deals-abroad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokiomarine #insurance #investments #acquisitions