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Why Samsung Wants to Acquire Palm
2010/04/24 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Why Samsung Wants to Acquire Palm

Palm is out on the market for sale and has hired Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners as advisers. Many companies are being talked about as candidates to buy the financially-troubled company. Suitors include Huawei, ZTE, …

NHN Seals 6.3 bln Yen Deal to Buy Japan’s Livedoor
2010/04/12 – 7:30 pm | No Comment

The Japanese unit of NHN, the operator of South Korea’s most-visited Internet search engine, has agreed with Tokyo-based LDH to buy Livedoor for 6.3 billion yen (US$67.44 million) to ramp up its business in Japan, …

KT Completes Acquisition of Kumho Rent-a-car
2010/03/31 – 6:20 pm | No Comment

KT, South Korea’s largest fixed-line phone and broadband operator, said on Wednesday that it has completed procedures to acquire Kumho Rent-a-car, a car rental unit of the ailing Kumho Asiana Group.
Lee Hee-soo, chief executive of …

Samsung Electronics to Absorb Digital Camera Unit
2009/12/15 – 3:37 pm | No Comment

Samsung Electronics, Samsung Group’s flagship unit, plans to absorb Samsung Digital Imaging, a digital camera maker affiliated with the group, company officials said Tuesday.
“We have decided to merge with Samsung Digital Imaging to enhance cooperation,” …

Korea Regulator OKs Merger of LG Telecom with Dacom, Powercom
2009/12/14 – 4:30 pm | No Comment

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) on Monday gave final approval to the merger of LG Group’s three telecoms wings, the telecommunications regulator said.
The decision allows LG Telecom, the country’s smallest mobile carrier, to absorb its …

Shareholders OK Merger of Pantech with its Affiliate
2009/11/29 – 12:30 am | No Comment

Shareholders of Pantech approved Saturday the mobile phone maker’s merger with its affiliate Pantech&Curitel Communications to sharpen its competitive edge in the global market.
The two companies announced the merger plan last month, aiming to launch …

Shareholders OK Merger of LG Group’s 3 Telecom Units
2009/11/27 – 4:29 pm | No Comment

Shareholders of LG Group’s three telecom affiliates approved Friday a merger of the companies next year to better compete with two local telecom powerhouses.
A majority of shareholders of the three — mobile carrier LG Telecom, …

SK Telecom has no plans to merge with SK Broadband
2009/10/30 – 12:20 am | No Comment

The LG group recently announced that it will plan to merge its three telecommunications companies, LG Telecom, LG Dacom, and LG Powercom into one. The action was presumably stimulated by KT’s absorption of its wireless …

Korean telecom companies seeking scale of economy through M&A
2009/10/15 – 12:09 pm | No Comment

After the merger in June of KT with its affiliate KTF, the second-largest mobile operator, LG Group today announced the merger of its telecom companies – LG Telecom, LG Dacom, and LG Powercomm. With this …

LG Group's three telecom units to merge next year
2009/10/15 – 7:33 am | No Comment

The board of directors from LG Group’s three telecom affiliates agreed Thursday to a merger of the companies next year, to better compete with two local telecom powerhouses.
Boards from mobile carrier LG Telecom, fixed-line operator …

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