(2)Sumitomo Mitsui, Daiwa Securities to launch merger talks

(2)Sumitomo Mitsui, Daiwa Securities to launch merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 10 shows the head office of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. in Tokyo. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group, the holding companies of Japan's third-largest banking group and second-largest brokerage group, will soon launch merger talks to become a financial conglomerate, sources close to the talks said the same day.

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