Square IPO

Japanese game maker Square is looking at floating it U.S. subsidiary. Square Co. is considering listing its wholly owned movie subsidiary, Square USA, on the Nasdaq market. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Square is hoping issue shares as early as December in an effort to raise funds for its portion of its Final Fantasy CG movie projects. Last week Square announced plans to jointly finance three Final Fantasy movies with Columbia Pictures. "We want to list our U.S. unit on Nasdaq but have not decided any details yet," said a Square spokesperson.