TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. administration's policy shift to introduce high tariffs will increase the strategic importance of Nippon Steel's ( NISTF ) business development in the U.S. market, the top Japanese steelmaker's CEO, Eiji Hashimoto, said on Thursday. Hashimoto was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo a day after Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) closed its $14.9 billion acquisition...

June 18 (Reuters) - Billionaire Brad Jacobs' new building-products distributor QXO made an offer on Thursday to acquire rival GMS for about $5 billion in cash and said it would proceed with a hostile takeover if the company rejects the offer. This is Jacobs's second hostile takeover threat in the building sector this year. He plans to turn QXO into...

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TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. administration's policy shift to introduce high tariffs will increase the strategic importance of Nippon Steel's ( NISTF ) business development in the U.S. market, the top Japanese steelmaker's CEO, Eiji Hashimoto, said on Thursday. Hashimoto was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo a day after Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) closed its...