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...Private equity firm KKR has announced its intent to acquire Hitachi Koki in a deal valuing the Japanese power tool maker at $1.28bn....
...Koki Shiraishi, analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities, estimates that if Panasonic halved production at the unit that Y20bn loss would become an operating profit of Y15bn-Y20bn....
...Hitachi has made similar moves before, and in March concluded tender offers that increased its stakes in two other subsidiaries, Hitachi Kokusai and Hitachi Koki....
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