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Honda JV accelerates into lithium-ion battery production (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It looks like Honda Motor Co. is staring to believe in lithium-ion batteries. The car maker on  Wednesday will launch a lithium-ion battery joint venture with partner GS Yuasa Corp. The JV, called Blue Energy Co., will manufacture and sell lithium-ion batteries for use in hybrid vehicles. The Kyoto, Japan-based...

Posted on March 30, 2009 10:03 AM

Japanese taxpayers are ready to finance your next car (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Warren Buffett famously said that when the tide goes out, you see who's not wearing a bathing suit.But that's not all you can see. Also on display these days are the global economic connections we've been putting in place for decades. Many are healthy, but some aren't. In the latter...

Posted on March 4, 2009 1:11 PM

Another Toyoda takes the wheel at Toyota (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Thank you, Reuters. Now we know why the company is called ToyotaMotor Co. even though the founding family is named Toyoda. It's because in the Japanese alphabet, "Toyota" is an auspicious eight strokes, versus 10 for "Toyoda."Sure enough, fortune has smiled on Toyota since its founding in 1937. Lately, though...

Posted on January 21, 2009 8:45 AM

Orchestrator or bridge? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Most big companies now have multiple alliances. Relatively few have thought strategically about their choice of role in those networks.

Posted on April 15, 2005 3:10 PM