Z & LINE: Softbank Strikes Again in Digital Zaibatsu Battle for Hegemony
The upcoming integration of LINE Corp (3938 JP) with Z Holdings (4689 JP) at the end of the year follows Z Holding’s acquisition of a 50.1% stake...
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SK Owner Divorce Settlement Amid Restructuring: SK Holdings Vs. SK Telecom, Which to Get?
Another twist came into the SK Group restructuring process. It's been now a week since the Chey divorce news broke last week. We haven't seen any...
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Aeon's Tie with UK’s Ocado: A Chance for Online Food Leadership – but Not for a While
Aeon has become the Japanese partner to Ocado, one of the best online supermarket and systems providers for food and FMCG retailing in the...
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Z Holdings & LINE... & SK Telecom? Chey Shows Interest in Joining the Alliance
This one is interesting. One local news outlet named MoneyToday Bell reported by quoting an SK Group insider that SK chairman Chey Tae-won is...
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(Mostly) Asia M&A: November 2019 Roundup
For the month of November, 21 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$75bn, helped in large part by...
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