Monday Papers: Land of Leather poised for statement on bids -- bid news and gossip

* Land of Leather poised for statement on unsolicited bids

* About 10 potential buyers line up possible bids for Woolworths

* Barclays Capital embarks on a drive to build a global equities operation in an effort to re-establish its position in a business it abandoned a decade ago

* Citigroup set to offload Japanese unit

* Chelsea signs £7 million sponsorship deal with Thomas Cook -- Times

* Virgin Media seals Yahoo's web mobile deal

* Private equity group Actis raises $2.9 billion for emerging markets

* Investors are likely to sell about $140 billion in private equity investments, according to Paul Capital

* BayernLB set for 108 billion bail-out from federal government

* A surge in corporate equity issuance is expected in coming months as liquidity dries up in debt markets, according to Citigroup

* Possible sale of Repsol stake exposes Sacyr's problems