Posts Tagged ‘ Panasonic ’

TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
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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Panasonic wins conditional EU approval to buy Sanyo

September 30, 2009
Panasonic wins conditional EU approval to buy Sanyo

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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Undergraduates learn finer points of embedded software

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. It’s the third such class since the center started up in 2007. To date, nearly a hundred of the university’s best and brightest have received the specialized [...]

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Panasonic raises forecast as global economy improves

August 4, 2009
Panasonic raises forecast as global economy improves

A woman looks at Panasonic’s TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo August 3, 2009. Panasonic Corp., the world’s 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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LCD TV manufacturers scrambling for bigger market share

July 23, 2009
LCD TV manufacturers scrambling for bigger market share

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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Panasonic eyes 13 percent sales growth in BRIC, Vietnam

June 27, 2009
Panasonic eyes 13 percent sales growth in BRIC, Vietnam

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. “In 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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FDI businesses query the Government

April 18, 2009
FDI businesses query the Government

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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Panasonic to axe 15,000 jobs, close dozens of plants

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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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...