40 posts and columns on Panasonic
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Will Japanese Smartphones Survive?
A decade ago, Japan was known as the land of uniquely advanced mobile phones with Internet capabilities and various other features rarely seen elsewhere in the world. But those days are long gone.Voices
Panasonic Posts Another Full-Year Loss
Panasonic Corp. Friday posted net losses exceeding ¥750 billion ($7.4 billion) for the second straight year, dragged down by hefty restructuring charges aimed at fixing its ailing electronics business.Voices
Panasonic Draws U.S. Bribery Probe
U.S. authorities are investigating whether a unit of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp. paid bribes abroad to land business, according to company documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.Big Blue Is Still the Big Dog of Patents
IBM dominates the patent race for the 20th consecutive year.Voices
For Sale in Japan: Electronics Assets
Panasonic Corp. said Friday it agreed to sell the digital-camera business it inherited in its 2009 acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co. to a Japanese private-equity firm. The deal is symbolic of how Japan’s struggling consumer-electronics companies are setting aside years of resistance to get serious about shedding nonessential assets and streamlining their sprawl of operations.Voices
EU Fines Seven for TV-, Monitor-Tubes Cartels
Electronics giants Philips Electronics N.V ., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Panasonic Corp. are among seven companies fined €1.47 billion ($1.92 billion) by European regulators Wednesday for operating cartels in television- and computer-monitor tubes over two decades.Voices
Panasonic Posts Loss of Nearly $9 Billion
In one of the biggest quarterly losses ever for a Japanese company, Panasonic Corp. reported a net loss approaching $9 billion for the three months through September due mainly to massive restructuring costs.Voices