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Nomura to buy Ashikaga Bank for ¥280 billion

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage, will make its biggest domestic acquisition as it leads an investment group paying at least ¥280 billion for the failed Ashikaga Bank Ltd. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Mar 14 2008

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