3 steelmakers to consider anti-takeover measures

TOKYO, Japan - The vice presidents of three steel makers -- (from L to R) Toshio Kimura of Kobe Steel Ltd., Nobuyoshi Fujiwara of Nippon Steel Corp. and Fumio Hombe of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. -- hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 29. They announced that they will jointly consider measures against hostile takeover bids.

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