Foxconn bails out Sharp
Published in News
25 February 2016

Foxconn bails out Sharp


Writes $5.8 billion cheque

Sharp has accepted Foxconn's offer and will be acquired for $5.8 billion.

Foxconn to take over Sharp
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Wants a Sharp note before it goes flat

Foxconn is certain to pay more than $5 billion to get Sharp and its display business.

Japan Display would not kick Sharp out of bed
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Assuming it tried to crawl in there


Japan Display has said that it would not turn down a partnership with embattled rival Sharp after rumours started to circulate that Japan Display's top investor wants a tie-up between the two.

Sharp readies 8K production telly
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Nothing to see here


Sharp is already preparing to sell the world's first production 8K television which can offer eight times the resolution of standard HD.

Hon Hai gets in at the Sharp end
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Cunning plan to save flat panels

The troubled telly maker Sharp is in talks with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, for a tie-up in its struggling flat-panel display business.

Apple goes Sharp on screens
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Japanese firm breathes a sigh of relief

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that Apple's coming 12.9-inch iPad will feature displays from Sharp.

Sharp’s finances out of focus
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I see red, I see red, I see red

The Japanese Nikkei is prediction that the telly maker Sharp is about to swing into an operating loss during the April to June quarter.

Sharp announces 4K display
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Sharp on the cutting edge

Sharp announced that it's going to manufacture the world's sharpest display.

Sharp sword to LCD production
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Wants government investment

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that loss-making Japanese electronics maker Sharp is planning to spin off its LCD panel business.

Sharp not flogging overseas factories
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Mexican standoff

Sharp said it is not planning to flog any of its overseas factories after the dark satanic rumour mill manufactured a hell on earth yarn that it planned to sell its TV manufacturing plant in Mexico next year.