Deals Rumor Mill: Wako Pure Chemical, MSG, Brookfield

By Benjamin Horney (August 17, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT) -- Hitachi Ltd., Permira Advisers and The Carlyle Group LP are among those that remain in the race to buy the 70 percent stake in chemicals company Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd. owned by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Reuters reported on Wednesday. According to the report, a deal could be worth about $1 billion, and the first round of bidding closed earlier this week. Reports late last month named other potential suitors, including Fujifilm Holdings Corp., and other reports have said that Takeda has tapped Nomura Holdings Inc. to assist with the sale process....

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