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Chuo to merge with Sumitomo @FT.com

Sumitomo Trust & Banking and Chuo Mitsui have agreed to merge, which will create Japan's largest trust bank with assets under management of Y58,000bn ($647bn).

Sumitomo to merge with Chuo Mitsui @FT.com

Sumitomo Trust & Banking and Chuo Mitsui agreed yesterday to a merger that would create Japan's largest trust bank, with total assets under management...

Tears as Toyota follows Honda out of pit lane for last time @FT.com

Toyota's exit from Formula One this week was as traumatic for the carmaker as it was for Japanese racing fans.

Bullion quest is no golden opportunity

Gold purchases do nothing to change the monstrous growth of reserves in surplus nations, particularly in Asia, which means they also do nothing...

F1's big players driven away @FT.com

Even in a year of continual turmoil – sponsors pulling out, teams threatening a breakaway series, a race-fixing scandal – the sport has rarely...

Gold passes $1,100 level

Gold hit a fresh peak above $1,100 an ounce on Friday but crude oil prices fell as a disappointing rise in US unemployment fuelled concerns about...

Toyota follows Renault out of the pit lane @FT.com

Lack of racing success and economic slump sees Japanese carmakers all but vanish from the top level of motor racing

Barcelona climate talks achieve little

Last negotiations ahead of of Copenhagen climate change summit end with many issues unresolved and continuing threat of developing countries walkout

Sweden and Finland clear Nord Stream plan

Nord Stream, the proposed gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, clears two crucial hurdles as Sweden and Finland give the go ahead for the $7.4bn...

OECD data point to strong signs of recovery

All the world's big economies are seeing strong signs of recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression, according to data...

Sumitomo Trust / Chuo Mitsui @FT.com

Japan's number five and eight banks by market capitalisation confirmed reports they are in merger talks to form the country's largest trust bank

Gold maintains push towards $1,100 level

Gold traded within touching distance of its record high while oil prices rose and base metals inched higher in cautious trading ahead of vital...

Sumitomo Trust, Chuo Mitsui in merger talks @FT.com

Sumitomo Trust & Banking and Chuo Mitsui Trust are in merger talks to create Japan's largest trust bank by assets

NEC plans $1.6bn share sale after losses @FT.com

NEC has become the latest of Japan's large electronics companies to raise capital to shore up a recession-hit balance sheet, announcing a Y145bn...

Eni and KazMunaiGas close to deal @FT.com

The Italian energy group and the London-listed oil exploration company have signed a preliminary agreement that could result in up to $50bn of...

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