Toshiba Cracks Widen as MUFG Gets Cold Feet on Credit Lines and Cumbrian Plant Delay Looms
Lender Solidarity FracturingThe Nikkei reported today that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306 JP) internally downgraded Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)'s...
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Ricoh Exits Cameras…Bigger Problems to Consider
Might we be saying goodbye to the Pentax camera? While the brand is set to live on in the medical equipment arena under the ownership of Hoya (7741...
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JSR & Shin-Etsu Chemical – Implications from TSMC Ramping Up A11 Output
Chinese-language publications recently reported that TSMC (2330 TT) should begin volume production of the A11 this month. The launch of a new...
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Are Stormclouds Gathering in the Distance for the Japanese Printer / Copier Players?
The global printer / copier market is huge (US$55bil) but it is a messy one. There’s the obvious splits between laserjet and inkjet, between black...
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Olympus - Is It All Going Wrong Again?
Olympus reported a poor 1Q FY16 OP result (¥10.8 billion down 37% YoY) and revised down its full year OP forecast (from ¥90 billion to ¥77...
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