Oji Paper says takeover bid for Hokuetsu 'likely to fail'

Oji Paper says takeover bid for Hokuetsu 'likely to fail'

TOKYO, Japan - Oji Paper Co. President Kazuhisa Shinoda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29. He said that his company's ongoing takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. ''is likely to fail,'' effectively ending the bid by the largest Japanese papermaker to merge with its smaller rival.

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