**FILE** Pedestrians pass near the 'Barneys New York' store on Madison avenue in this Nov. 11, 2004 file photo in New York. Japan's Fast Retailing has offered $900 million in cash for Barneys New York, upping an earlier bid from a Dubai-based investment group, owner Jones Apparel Group said Thursday, July 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)