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The Nikkei 225 index has surged 28% this year through Monday, roughly 10 percentage points better than the S&P 500 index of U.S. stocks. While Chinese stocks are down, Hitachi, Kobe Steel and Toyota Motor are all up more than 50%.
Panasonic shares surge as stake sale plan sparks... Panasonic shares surged for a second session on Monday after posting their biggest one-day jump in half a year on the final day of last week. Analysts said Panasonic could be following in the footsteps of another conglomerate, Hitachi which in recent years sold off several businesses.
MARKET REPORT: Bus battery deal is just the ticket for First Group The transport group's stock rose 1.4 per cent, or 2.5p, to 178.7p. It took its gains for the year to 73 per cent. First Group and Hitachi have created a joint venture to supply batteries for its growing fleet of electric buses.
UK's FirstGroup partners with Hitachi to lease electric... UK's FirstGroup partners with Hitachi to lease electric bus batteries in $124 mln deal. The partnership is expected to contribute about 3 million pounds per annum to the group adjusted earnings by fiscal year 2026.
Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators to okay $1.8 billion Hitachi, Thales deal, sources say Hitachi submitted its offer to sell its mainline signalling business in France and Germany to the European Commission last month. EU antitrust regulators are set to clear Hitachi's 1.7-billion-euro bid for Thales' GTS railway signalling business.
Hitachi set to win EU okay for $1.8 bln Thales deal,... Hitachi is set to win EU antitrust approval for its 1.7-billion-euro ($1.8 billion) acquisition of Thales' GTS railway signalling business. UK's competition agency cleared the deal this month after Hitachi pledged to sell its mainline signalling business in UK, France, and Germany.
Exclusive-Hitachi set to win EU okay for $1.8 billion Thales deal, sources say Hitachi is set to win EU antitrust approval for its 1.7-billion-euro ($1.8 billion) acquisition of Thales' GTS railway signalling business. EU watchdog is scheduled to decide on the deal by Nov. 6. UK's competition agency cleared the deal this month.
UK to clear Hitachi-Thales rail signalling merger Britain's antitrust regulator said it would clear Hitachi's acquisition of Thales' signalling business. Japanese company offered to sell part of its mainline signalling business to address concerns. CMA also said it was no longer concerned about competition in urban rail networks.
Hitachi's swoop on Thales' rail signalling business backed by regulator Hitachi has agreed to sell its mainline signalling business in the UK, France and Germany. UK Competition and Markets Authority had said it could harm competition.
Japan chip tool firm Kokusai Electric launches $750 mln... Chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric to list on Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 25. At indicative price of 1,890 yen per share, company will offer 111.2 billion yen ($749.88 million) IPO could be Japan's largest in five years. KKR agreed to buy Hitachi's electronic equipment unit in 2017.
Ukraine tests homemade vehicle to speed up demining Ukrainian engineer developed a vehicle to locate and safely detonate landmines and unexploded bombs via remote control. Vitaliy showed off his prototype made on the base of a Hitachi excavator at a military training ground in southeastern Ukraine.
Ukraine tests homemade vehicle to speed up demining Ukrainian engineer developed vehicle to locate and safely detonate landmines and unexploded bombs via remote control. Vitaliy showed off his prototype made on the base of a Hitachi excavator at a military training ground in southeastern Ukraine.
Hitachi seeks EU okay for Thales deal with asset sales... Hitachi has offered to sell assets in France and Germany in a bid to address EU antitrust concerns. The Japanese conglomerate submitted its remedy offer last week to the European Commission. The EU antitrust enforcer has set a Nov. 6 deadline for its decision.
Hitachi offers to sell assets in France, Germany for EU... Hitachi offers to sell assets in France, Germany for EU approval of Thales deal. Hitachi's proposed 1.7 billion-euro ($1.8 billion) buy of Thale's GTS railway signalling business.
Hitachi seeks EU okay with remedies for Thales rail... Hitachi has offered remedies in a bid to secure EU antitrust approval for its proposed acquisition of Thales' GTS railway signalling business. Hitachi submitted its remedies on Thursday, the same day it sought approval for the deal. The deal underscores the consolidation in the rail industry.
Hitachi's EU remedies on Thales deal similar to UK... Hitachi's remedies to EU regulators assessing its proposed 1.7-billion-euro buy of Thales' rail signal business are similar to those offered to the UK competition agency. Hitachi told the UK Competition and Markets Authority in June that it was ready to divest its UK, French and German mainline signaling business.
Japan Has a Long History of Disappointing Investors. Why This Rally Might Be Different. | Mint Uniqlo's parent company said at the start of the year that it would raise some workers’ salaries by up to 40%. Hitachi agreed to implement its biggest pay increase for workers since 1998.
CMA's fears eased over Hitachi's £1.4bn signalling deal UK's competition watchdog says its concerns about the impact of Hitachi's £1.4bn takeover of Thales’s rail infrastructure on the London Underground signalling sector have eased. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is sticking to provisional findings that the proposed deal would lessen competition in the supply of mainline signalling.
Watchdog fears eased over Tube signalling impact from... Watchdog fears eased over Tube signalling impact from rail infrastructure deal. Hitachi offered to buy Thales’s rail infrastructure for 1.7 billion euro (£1.4 billion) The deal involves two of the leading suppliers of signalling systems.
Watchdog fears eased over Tube signalling impact from rail infrastructure deal UK's competition watchdog says new evidence has eased concerns over the impact of Hitachi's 1.7 billion euro (£1.4 billion) takeover of Thales’s rail infrastructure on the London Underground signalling sector. But the Competition and Markets Authority said it is sticking by its provisional findings that the proposed deal would lessen competition in the supply of mainline rail signalling.
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