Japan's Sharp to take 14 pct stake in Pioneer
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Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp  will buy about $357 million worth of new shares from Pioneer Corp  and work with its loss-making rival in developing DVD players, car electronics and displays.
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Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. plans to invest 200 billion yen (1.7 billion dollars) in a new plant in Japan to produce large flat screens for televisions, a newspaper reported on Friday.
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Nomura Holdings, Japanâs biggest securities firm, will buy a 15 percent stake in the Fortress Investment Group.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jan. 31--TOKYO -- Pioneer Corp. said Wednesday it has decided to postpone  its plan to build a new integrated plant for plasma TVs in the city of Minami  Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, in the face of sluggish sales.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. confirmed on Friday it  was in talks to buy smaller rival Gallaher Group Plc, in a 7.5  billion pound ($14.7 billion) deal that would extend its  overseas expansion.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is up about 0.4 percent by midday on Wednesday as a rally in US stocks inspired buying. Taiwan, New Zealand and Singapore are also higher, but there are slight falls in South Korea and Australia.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. plans to spend up to 200 billion yen (&#36;1.91 billion) to build a cutting-edge domestic plant to make liquid crystal display panels for flat-screen TVs, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Tuesday that it was aiming for a double-digit surge in sales of flat-panel televisions in the coming fiscal year helped by rapid growth in the Chinese market.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. 6753.T said on   Tuesday it may need to consider bringing forward a capacity   expansion plan for its latest LCD panel plant in Kameyama,   western Japan.
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Japanese electronics rivals Toshiba and Sharp are joining forces in the liquid crystal display business, company officials said Friday, the latest development in the intensifying competition in flat-panel TVs.
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The Gallaher Group, maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes, confirmed that it had received a takeover approach from a bidder it did not identify, setting off a 22 percent gain in its share price. Gallaher confirmed the bid in a statement to the London Stock Exchange after the market closed Wednesday. The bid reinforced recent speculation that the tobacco industry is due for consolidation and shares rose across the sector. ÂWe see the tobacco sector broadly benefiting from the Gallaher approach,Â said a Goldman Sachs analyst, Mark Lynch. ÂExpectations of industry consolidation have been widespread for many years.Â Analysts said one potential bidder for Gallaher would be Japan Tobacco. Gallaher has long been linked to Japan Tobacco, as it holds the right to market and sell Japan TobaccoÂs Camel cigarettes in parts of Europe. Credit Suisse said a tie-up between the two would be a Âparticularly good strategic fit.Â It would address Japan TobaccoÂs subscale position in Western Europe and strengthen its competitive position in Eastern Europe, the brokerage firm said.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. on Tuesday posted an  11 percent rise in quarterly profit as strong sales of liquid  crystal displays (LCDs) and mobile phones offset falling chip  prices, and it left its full-year outlook unchanged.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T)  said on Tuesday it will likely need to consider bringing  forward a capacity expansion plan for its latest liquid crystal  display (LCD) panel plant in Kameyama, western Japan.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.13 percent  by midday on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  technology firms, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a  monetary policy meeting in the United States.
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Japan's Sharp Corp , fighting to  remain the top maker of solar cells, will develop tools to make  solar cells with Tokyo Electron Ltd  amid growing  demand for clean energy.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. said on Tuesday it had developed a 65-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television, the world's biggest, in a bid to break into the large flat-panel TV market dominated by plasma display (PDP) makers.
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Tokyo's Nikkei rose 1.14 percent by  midday on Thursday as gains on Wall Street encouraged investors  to scoop up bargains, including key technology shares,  following nine days of losses.