Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Sony says thanks, but no thanks to Daniel Loeb

Sony boss says no acrimony with hedge fund billionaire (via AFP)

Sony's chief executive on Friday brushed off suggestions of bitter relations with a US hedge fund boss after the company rejected his call to spin off its entertainment arm. The affair was widely portrayed as a clash of corporate cultures, pitting a…

Monday, October 15, 2012

Japanese billionaire makes $20bn bet on US smartphones


Japan’s second-richest man is making a $20bn (£12bn) bet that Americans’ love affair with smartphones is just beginning, after his company, Softbank, agreed to buy a majority stake in US mobile phone company Sprint.




article: The Telegraph