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Executives and analysts are talking about "oversupply" in the liquid crystal display market but it's apparent the word doesn't exist in China, the cash-rich resource-hungry country. That's why, on the heels of crosstown rival LG Display Co. Ltd. (NYSE:LPL) announcing a venture for a $4 billion LCD plant in Guangzhou,...
Posted on October 20, 2009 4:52 PM
While automakers and suppliers vie for position in the sector, Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) is exiting a hybrid car battery business. Cobasys LLC is being sold to SB LiMotive Co. Ltd., an electric vehicle battery joint venture between Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Robert Bosch GmbH.With the deal, Chevron ends an...
Posted on July 14, 2009 3:17 PM
IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) have to start positioning themselves as Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) moves in on their territory in data centers. Last week, Cisco even acquired a company to help it compete in that market. Now comes news that IBM may be boosting ties with Brocade...
Posted on April 17, 2009 4:36 PM
On the brink of possibly posting its first quarterly loss since it started publicly reporting in 2000, South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is merging four major departments into two divisions. The company, a leading manufacturer of computer chips, flat-screen displays and cell phones, is among many feeling the effects...
Posted on January 16, 2009 12:33 PM
Japan's Toshiba Corp. is talking with Fujitsu Ltd. to buy its money-losing hard-disk drive business for somewhere between ¥30 billion and ¥40 billion ($350 million and $450 million). If the deal goes through, it would make Toshiba the largest hard-drive producer in the world, but would put it in direct...
Posted on January 14, 2009 9:35 AM
Seemed like a good idea at the time. That's what memory chipmaker SanDisk Corp., which is cutting fab production, may be thinking as it looks back on its success in thwarting a $5.85 billion Samsung Corp. takeover. SanDisk called the bid opportunistic as its share price was dragged down by...
Posted on December 16, 2008 1:54 PM
Netflix Inc. has expanded its online video-streaming business with another alliance. The DVD delivery provider is teaming with TiVo Inc. in a deal that will allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies instantly using TiVo technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. While Netflix makes its money delivering DVDs, it has...
Posted on October 30, 2008 3:33 PM
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's No. 2 chipmaker, walked away from its proposed $5.85 billion acquisition of SanDisk Corp., saying the target's "risk profile" increased. SanDisk's $1 billion JV deal with Toshiba Corp. on Monday helped to sour Samsung on its acquisition hopes. SanDisk and Toshiba operate...
Posted on October 22, 2008 9:35 AM
SanDisk Corp. shares took a nosedive Monday as it signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with Tokyo's Toshiba Corp. The world's largest supplier of flash storage cards said it was selling about 30% of the current manufacturing capacity of the parties' joint ventures to Toshiba. SanDisk expects to receive...
Posted on October 20, 2008 12:06 PM
Shares of SanDisk Corp., the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products, skyrocketed Wednesday after it was confirmed that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is trying to acquire the firm. SanDisk rejected Samsung's $26 per share, or $5.85 billion, offer, which -- depending on how you look at it --...
Posted on September 17, 2008 11:58 AM
There's been lots of speculation about whether Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. is planning to buy SanDisk Corp. for $3 billion. For some perspective on a possible deal and on consolidation in the flash memory industry, we turned to Karl Roberts and David Simon of the management consulting and restructuring firm...
Posted on September 16, 2008 8:39 AM
It looks like we may have an answer to our previous question, "Will Samsung acquire SanDisk?" Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's No. 2 chipmaker, already pays several hundred million dollars a year to use SanDisk Corp. patents. That may have seemed like justification enough to pay around $3 billion for the flash storage market leader, but as dealmakers know, M&A issues run far deeper on cross-border deals...
Posted on September 11, 2008 11:57 AM
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may acquire Milpitas, Calif.'s SanDisk Corp., the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. estimates show Samsung already pays $400 million to $500 million annually to use SanDisk's flash memory patents, which could be reason enough to justify the acquisition ...
Posted on September 5, 2008 9:11 AM
Following an industry trend in the auto sector, in June, South Korea's Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. set up a $520 million joint venture with Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH to develop, manufacture and sell lithium-ion batteries for vehicles. On Monday, the 50-50 JV, SB LiMotive Co. Ltd., received approval from...
Posted on August 19, 2008 4:21 PM
Betting on the future of hybrid vehicles, South Korea's Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. set up a $520 million joint venture with Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH to develop, manufacture and sell lithium-ion batteries. The 50-50 JV, SB LiMotive Co. Ltd., will be based in South Korea and start operations in...
Posted on June 19, 2008 4:51 PM
Team WiMax (from Corporate Dealmaker)
If this technology fails to deliver mobile broadband internet access, it won't be for lack of companies working together to make it happen.
Posted on April 15, 2007 7:11 AM
Joint Ventures: electronics Technology companies have been teaming up to design and manufacture electronic components for more than three decades. The result is a huge web of JVs consisting of partnerships such as the ones that link Royal Philips Electronics NV and NEC Corp.; Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics...
Posted on February 15, 2006 1:06 PM
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