Kyocera (6971 JP) Founder Kazuo Inamori Passes - Implications for Holdings
Kyocera founder and KDDI "co-founder" Kazuo Inamori has passed away. He has a ¥80bn stake in Kyocera, and Kyocera owns 15% of KDDI. But overhang is...
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HUGE Wacoal (3591) Buyback - Buyback Structure Unknown But Interesting Possibilities Exist
Wacoal promised a couple of years ago to sell some cross-holdings and pay out a fair bit through dividends and share buybacks. It is now delivering...
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Descente Descended and Itochu Angle Is More Hostile
Descente Ltd (8114 JP) has been in the press quite a bit in recent days with management commentary about how the company and directors disagree...
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Descente's Doleful Defense (Dicaeologia)
The new Takeover Rules enacted in December 2006 (with one amendment to the SEL made in 2005 in direct reaction to the loophole used by Livedoor to...
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Itochu and Descente: Gloves Off
Descente Ltd (8114 JP) issued a 13-page statement yesterday in response to Itochu Corp's (8001 JP) tender offer to raise its stake in the sports...
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