UPDATE 7-Marubeni buys Gavilon for $3.6 bln as it eyes China

UPDATE 7-Marubeni buys Gavilon for $3.6 bln as it eyes China

TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) – Japanese trading house Marubeni
Corp will buy U.S. grain merchant Gavilon for $3.6
billion, a landmark deal that may put it in pole position to
benefit from China’s booming demand for imported corn from the
world’s biggest supplier.