January 14, 2012
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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September 30, 2009
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic won approval on Tuesday from the European Union (EU) to buy its rival Sanyo Electric on condition that it sells certain battery production facilities in Europe. The European Commission, the EU’s competition guardian, said after Panasonic pledged to divest certain battery production facilities in markets where competition concerns were identified, it [...]
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August 17, 2009
Around thirty promising undergraduates at the Hanoi University of Technology have completed a two-week course on embedded software development run by Panasonic R&D Center Vietnam and the university. Itâs the third such class since the center started up in 2007. To date, nearly a hundred of the universityâs best and brightest have received the specialized [...]
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August 4, 2009
A woman looks at Panasonic’s TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo August 3, 2009. Panasonic Corp., the worldâs largest maker of plasma TVs, raised its earnings forecast for the fiscal first half, citing a stabilizing global economy, increased savings and a more favorable currency exchange rate. The net loss in the six months [...]
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July 23, 2009
Vietnam is believed to be the main target market for the world’s big electronics manufacturers in 2009. In order to scramble for bigger pieces of the LCD TV market, the manufacturers have been moving ahead with strategic plans. According to DisplaySearch, a market survey company, in 2009, the total turnover of the LCD market will [...]
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June 27, 2009
Panasonic Corp. said it aims for double-digit sales growth in five major emerging markets it is focusing on this business year, including Vietnam, despite an estimated 10 percent decline in overall revenues. âIn our strategic markets of the BRIC nations and Vietnam, we aim for 13 percent growth by expanding our targets to people in [...]
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April 18, 2009
In the beginning 2009, the economic crisis continued to hurt Vietnamese exports, including those produced by foreign investors. According to the Import-Export Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the first two months of 2009, FDI businesses exported USD2.97 billion worth of products, a drop of 8.8% since the same period of 2008. [...]
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February 5, 2009
Japan’s Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday it is cutting 15,000 jobs and closing dozens of plants worldwide as it braces to fall deep in the red due to the global economic crisis. Panasonic expects a net loss of Â¥380 billion (US$4.2 billion) for this financial year to March as recessions in major economies from Japan to [...]
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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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