12/2/2004

Wal-Mart, Aeon bid for Carrefour’s Japan ops-paper
TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Three Japanese and U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , have placed competing bids to buy Carrefour SA’s Japanese outlets, all valuing the business at more than $300 million, a newspaper said on Thursday.
In addition to Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, Aeon Co. , which is Japan’s biggest retailer, and general merchandiser Izumiya Co. Ltd. have submitted bids, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported…..