The estate tax lapse for the year 2010 has already helped the heirs of several famous and very wealthy persons who, if they had survived until next year, would have left far less. TV personality Art Linkletter, actor Dennis Hopper, Taco Bell founder Glen Bell, author Louis Auchincloss, real estate developer Walter Shorenstein, pipeline developer ...
Merger negotiations between Kirin and the smaller, family-owned Suntory, Japan competitors in the beer and beverage business, have broken off, apparently permanently. The parties ultimately disagreed on the share ratio and the extent of the role that the ...
As I predicted only a few days ago, a Japan family-controlled company has prevailed in its demands for a key control position in a merger with a much larger firm. Suntory Holdings and ...