| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 8, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Giant Steps and Deep Pockets 1/98 Buys consumer credit company Koei Credit. 2/98 Sets up joint venture with Toho Mutual Life Insurance. Cost: $575 million. 11/98 Acquires Lake, Japan's fifth-largest consumer lender. Cost: $4.1 billion. 1/99 Buys equipment- and auto-leasing contracts from Japan Leasing, valued at $6.5 billion. DATA: GE CAPITAL, BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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