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...“It would be hard for the management to argue that they can run the company well enough to raise its share value above ¥5,000,” said Kazunori Suzuki, a professor of finance at Waseda University....
...Mr Loeb has a record of successful activist campaigns in Japan against the likes of Suzuki Motors and robot maker Fanuc. His reported stakebuilding will add urgency to Sony’s restructuring plans....
...● Intermediate Capital Group, the London-listed credit specialist investment manager, has recruited Jun Suzuki as head of Japan. Mr Suzuki previously worked for Longreach....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include CK Hutchison Holdings, Cheung Kong Property, Asahi Group, Kirin, Sumitomo, NTT Data, Suzuki Motor, Nikon, CapitaLand, Sega Sammy and MGM China Holdings....
...In an emotional performance, Mr Suzuki defended his record and denied that he had sought to remove Mr Isaka to enable his son, 51-year-old chief information officer Yasuhiro Suzuki, to eventually head the...
...On Thursday, Mr Suzuki stepped down after a set-to with the board. This is good news. Mr Loeb is right....
...“We think the process of selecting the new chief executive rests with the board, not with Mr Suzuki,” Mr Loeb said in a media phone interview on Sunday, adding the choice should not be “Mr Suzuki’s handpicked...
...& i has come under fire from Daniel Loeb, the US activist investor, amid rumours that the removal of Mr Isaka and his replacement with another executive would be a manouevre that could allow Toshifumi Suzuki...
...Third Point disclosed its stake in Suzuki Motor a month after the group’s 85-year-old chief executive Osamu Suzuki ceded the role of president to his eldest son....
...In August, Mr Loeb disclosed that his fund had also bought a stake in Suzuki Motor, sending the company’s shares to a record high....
...So when Mr Loeb disclosed a new stake in Suzuki Motor earlier this week, the news alone was enough to boost the company’s shares to a record high....
...Almost all of its buildings are yellow, as are the buses and Suzuki cars used by staff to move about the vast campus. Receptionists are dressed in yellow, and even hand towels and calendars are yellow....
...At VW, analysts — like Mr Suzuki — need to don their translation headsets....
...However, VW is also suffering difficulties with its partnership with Suzuki, which it hoped would help it gain a greater foothold in the small car market in India....
...“With this toolkit and a future small car platform with Suzuki, VW can slash a double-digit percentage figure of their costs.”...
...Mr Piëch would presumably also enjoy undermining some of his biggest rivals by striking a deal with Suzuki....
...Suzuki is India’s largest carmaker through its Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki, which claims more than 50 per cent of the country’s car market....
...The lower courts had given Mr Onogi a three-year suspended jail term, and two-year suspended terms to Mr Suzuki and Mr Suda....
...Tata Motors is the second biggest carmaker in India, with a 29 per cent share of the market, after Suzuki with a 35 per cent share....
...As a former manager of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston, and a producer of the hit television show The Sopranos, Mr Grey seemed like an exciting choice when Tom Freston, Viacom’s chief executive, appointed...
...Other Japanese groups, such as Suzuki, expect production curbs early next year. Toyota hopes to avoid these by reducing the amount of steel used in each car and by sourcing outside Japan....
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