Qualcomm to invest $120M in Japan's Sharp

05 Dec, 2012, 9:48 am IST General

Sharp Corp says Qualcomm Inc. will become a shareholder with an investment of up to 9.9 billion yen ($120 million) that will fund joint development ... More

Panasonic prepares for 'garage sale', to axe 10,000 jobs

15 Nov, 2012, 10:40 am IST General

About a fifth of Panasonic Corp's 88 business units are losing money and only half so far meet a target for at least 5 percent operating margin ... More

Is Sony buying time - or problems?

04 Oct, 2012, 9:53 am IST General

Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion in the past three months snapping up an assortment of businesses such as medical equipment and cloud gaming, More

Sharp's TV panel plant boosted by Samsung, Sony orders - sources

24 Aug, 2012, 4:45 pm IST LCD

Troubled Sharp Corp said the utilisation rate at its key Sakai LCD television panel plant has jumped to 80 percent, with sources saying the company ... More

Sharp to cut 8,000 jobs through plant sales-paper

21 Aug, 2012, 10:01 am IST LCD

Embattled TV maker Sharp Corp aims to cut 8,000 jobs or 15 percent of its global workforce, including 3,000 from the sale of two TV factories .. More

Sharp to cut thousands of jobs

24 Jul, 2012, 9:45 am IST LCD

Sharp Corp may lay off several thousand workers and sell office buildings in Tokyo as losses at Japan's last major fabricator of liquid crystal ... More