TOKYO -- Xerox stakeholders failed to speak up in favor of an acquisition by longtime partner Fujifilm Holdings at a general meeting Tuesday, dimming the Japanese company's prospects of fighting the activist investors opposing the deal.
Japanese company had banked on support at general meeting

A Fuji Xerox photocopier. Japan's Fujifilm had hoped some stakeholders in joint venture partner Xerox would push to reinstate their deal for a takeover.
TOKYO -- Xerox stakeholders failed to speak up in favor of an acquisition by longtime partner Fujifilm Holdings at a general meeting Tuesday, dimming the Japanese company's prospects of fighting the activist investors opposing the deal.