Thursday, July 5, 2007

Fast Retailing eyes Barneys to tap global markets

(Reuters) - The acquisition would be Fast Retailing's biggest to date and
put to use a war chest of $1.3 billion that has been on hold
since the company gave up on a bid for Hong Kong's Giordano
International last year.




"Fast Retailing has vowed to expand abroad and they have
plenty of cash to do it," said Dairo Murata, an industry analyst
from Credit Suisse in Tokyo. "Even if this one falls through,
they will just go on looking for something else."


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