Brief: Fukuoka Financial to absorb Eighteenth Bank next year -Nikkei
Feb 25 (Reuters) - Nikkei: * Fukuoka Financial Group to absorb Eighteenth Bank next year, to become Fukuoka's unit in April 2017; deal expected to be announced Friday - Nikkei * Source text (http://s.nikkei.com/1Q4LAbE) * Further company coverage 8354.T