Japan Telcos: Softbank Ends the Contract Regime but Other Retention Factors Play a Role
Softbank Corp. will end two-year contracts for mobile customers later this month. This follows regulatory action that requires mobile operators to...
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SONY's Good Governance Sale: The OLYMPUS (7733) ToSTNeT-3 Buyback
Yesterday after the close, Olympus Corp (7733 JP) announced that Sony Corp (6758 JP) had approached Olympus saying it wished to sell its 68,975,800...
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ASKUL: Post AGM Shakeout, ASKUL Independence Means Less Event-y, More Drifty-Growthy
Three weeks ago the Askul Corp (2678 JP) AGM dethroned founder and former CEO Iwata Shoichiro, and left former COO Yoshioka Akira as new CEO (2 Aug...
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Japan Short Interest - The Numb3rs
The short notional in the market for the week ended 23 August is US$24.95bn with the largest short positions in Itochu Corp (8001 JP), Toyota Motor...
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Recent Data of Coupang, SoBank VF AI Initiative & Emart Crisis
I have to admit that I was wrong about Coupang. I used to believe that SoBank-backed Coupang was playing a very dangerous money game. But it is now...
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