March 5 (Reuters) - Trial Holdings Inc: * TRIAL HOLDINGS TO BUY JAPAN'S SUPERMARKET CHAIN SEIYU FOR ABOUT 400 BILLION YEN - NIKKEI * TRIAL HOLDINGS HAS OBTAINED PREFERRED BIDDER STATUS FOR SEIYU FROM KKR - NIKKEI * TRIAL HOLDINGS PLANS TO BUY ALL SHARES OF SEIYU - NIKKEI Further company coverage: ...

TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Trial Holdings obtained preferred bidder status from U.S. private equity fund KKR to acquire supermarket chain Seiyu for about 400 billion yen ($2.67 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. Trial Holdings plans to purchase all shares of Seiyu, the report said. ($1 = 149.7800 yen) (Reporting by Tokyo newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar...

(Reuters) - CK Hutchison ( CKHUF ) stock gained more than 22% on Wednesday after the Hong Kong conglomerate sold a majority stake in a $22.8 billion ports unit, including assets along the Panama Canal, to a group led by U.S. buyout firm BlackRock ( BLK ). The sale includes 90% of Panama Ports Company, which has operated the Balboa...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday U.S. lawmakers should get rid of a landmark 2022 bipartisan law to give $52.7 billion in subsidies for semiconductor chips manufacturing and production and use the proceeds to pay debt. The CHIPS act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn't mean a thing. They...