What Do You Buy if the Softbank Mega-Buyback Drives a Nikkei Squeeze?
Softbank stock ended up locked limit up towards the end of the trading day after the company announced a massive ¥4.5trn in asset...
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A Potential Asian LBO Screening System
With a relatively full slate of large value takeovers in Developed Asia in the past year - often by parents but also by buyout funds - and the...
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Hitachi Ltd. To Buy the Remaining Stake of Hitachi High-Technologies
Hitachi Ltd. announced today that it has made a tender offer for Hitachi High-Technologies to buy the remaining stake in the company. Hitachi Ltd....
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Komatsu – Is the Company Starting to Lose Ground Vs. HCM?
Yesterday Komatsu came out with slightly weak earnings as revenue was down 10.2% YoY (5.1% below consensus) and OP was down 35% (16% below...
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Hitachi – Thoughts on the Honda Group Autoparts Merger
The Yomiuri reported early this morning that Hitachi would merge its Hitachi Automotive Systems unit with Honda keiretsu parts makers Keihin, Showa...
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