Nikkei breaks into English news at last - with FT buy
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NIKKEI'S US$1.3 billion purchase of the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson Plc marks the culmination of decades of attempts by the Japanese household name to break into mainstream English-language media.
The Japanese media group's flagship newspaper enjoys a must-read reputation for financial news in Japan and, with a circulation of more than 3 million, bills itself as the world's biggest selling business daily.
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