Sony's Purchase of SonyFin Shares: Cash Management or Asset Management?
Sony Corp's announcement of a 2.1ppt purchase of Sony Financial shares for ¥13.5 billion is entirely understandable both from a tax viewpoint and...
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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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Ono & Opdivo: Is the Backlash Orchestrated?
The announcement by the Japan Society of Medical Oncology (JSMO) urging patients to take caution over usage of immune checkpoint inhibitors, such...
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OLYMPUS: Record Profit Falls Short, Forecasts Fall Shorter
Yesterday, Olympus Corp reported results (tanshin, presentation, full financial data) a record net profit for the group at 62.5bn yen and sales for...
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OLYMPUS: Dollar-Yen Hurts. So Do More China Questions.
In March 2015, only a few short years after surviving a near-death experience because of decade-long financial and accounting fraud by...
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