SoftBank's Fortress emerges as white knight for hotel chain Unizo with $1.3 billion bid

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings said it received a friendly buyout offer worth up to $1.3 billion (1.07 billion pounds) from a SoftBank Group investment firm, a deal that will help it fend off a rare hostile takeover bid from travel agency H.I.S. Co. U.S.-based Fortress Investment Group will launch a tender offer from next week for all of Unizo's shares at 4,000 yen apiece ($37.68), the companies said in separate statements, trumping the 3,100 yen that H.I.S. has..