The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday including Sinopec, Apache, AMR, US Airways, Deutsche Bank, EDF, Oxford, Andor, Bank Zachodni WBK, Shuanghui, Campofrio, OCZ, Toshiba and CVS Caremark.
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Panasonic agrees to base pay rises bigger than last year
Panasonic Corp said on Wednesday it has agreed to increase the base salary for its employees by 3,000 yen a month, higher than last year's 2,000 yen hike, following annual wage negotiations with the electronics maker's labor union.
Japan's old flip-phones soldier on while smartphones shrink
Japanese shipments of traditional flip-phones rose in 2014 for the first time in seven years while smartphone shipments fell, highlighting Japanese consumers' tenacious attachment to the familiar and typically less expensive older models.
Panasonic says on track to meet annual profit target despite third quarter dip
Japanese electronics firm Panasonic Corp said a dip in quarterly operating profit won't derail it from hoisting earnings 15 percent this year as a restructuring strategy of exiting low-margin product lines like TVs continues to pay off.
Panasonic withdraws from TV production in China: source
Panasonic Corp (6752.T) has stopped making TVs in China and plans to liquidate its joint venture in Shandong, a company source said on Saturday, the latest in a string of Japanese electronics companies exiting overseas TV markets amid strong pricing pressure.
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Troubled electronics giant Panasonic will sell three of its chip factories in Japan to Israel's TowerJazz by March 2014, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Panasonic Corp said it could now afford deals worth JPY 100 billion as the company moves towards profits.
In a joint statement, Panasonic Healthcare Co would be sold to KKR & Co for JPY165 billion. According to a joint statement, a wholly owned subsidiary of KKR & Co would be buying the healthcare business of Panasonic Corp in a deal worth JPY165 billion.
Sources said that the most likely bidders for Panasonic’s healthcare unit are KKK, Toshiba Corp and a consortium led by Bain Capital.
Sources said Panasonic Corp would expand its enterprise in lithium-ion battery by investing no less than JPY20 billion for its production.
Japanese corporations that made robots that build smartphones were eyeing automakers due to the decline in smarphone's growth.
Panasonic would sell more of its robot to the automaking industry and reduce its smartphone-related enterprise.
Sony would team up with Panasonic to make the newest installment optical drive storage. Today, Sony announced that it would partner with Panasonic to make the newest installment optical drive storage.
Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp would close its system LSI chip plant due to the decreasing popularity of game consoles.
