Ah here we go, a major acquisition following a quarter of disturbingly bleak financial results from Japan's tech community. First from the chute is Panasonic, which according to
Nikkei and other members of the media elite, has reached a preliminary agreement to takeover its troubled domestic rival, Sanyo -- details to be announced on November 7th. The chatter began in ernest over the weekend with
plenty of folks blabbing about Panasonic's plan to create a "battery superpower" meant to dominate a future that envisions a taller, more slender mankind tooling about in form-fitting jumpsuits from the safety of silent, electric cars. The deal would also extend Panasonic's range of consumer electronics while giving it access to Sanyo's solar panel production. Yeah, yeah, we get it, now let's just make it official already, k fellas?
[Via
Times Online]
posted Nov 3rd 2008 12:59AM
Engadget.. you should really quit spying on love couples..
wow sanyo sucks and panasonic rocks its like a brand thing why would they join?? it doesnt make sense!!
Just relax. It'll be official once the lawyers from both sides come to an agreement as to which half of the lovely couple gets to be on top during the umm... "merger".
A battery superpower? I sure hope they mean a superpowered battery!
...Or maybe a battery with a superpower. (Crossing fingers for mind reading.)
Where would you have to put that battery to gain its powers?
Only one question: should we refer to it as Panyo or Sanasonic?
What does Sanyo do now? I remember the name, but nobody has uttered it in over a decade.