So the article reads that Sony infringed on eight of Agere's patents. Then it back tracks... So it looks to be more like one... Yes?

Sanyo's mobile phone company was bought by Kyocera. Also, aren't company's like Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Toyota bigger? Or are we just talking about electronic companies?

Actually I am wrong about this, I apologize, it was a 8 years after.

Just for the record, if anybody mentioned this already I apologize, these FIRESTONE tires were designed and manufactured BEFORE BRIDGESTONE bought the company.

I wonder if this is borrowing Subaru's inline engine and their Outback platform.

Well said

They need to work on their manufacturing methods. "Just in Time" for a rich company should mean that there are several factories producing the same exact thing in different areas. Meaning, if a factory shuts down in a certain area, the other factory in a different area or a different country still keeps moving. Obviously, if they are both utilizing 100% of their factory capacity they are screwed anyway. If you look at Toyota, they don't actually utilize 100% output for their factories in case of issues like this (obviously there are other reasons like, they just don't need to produce that much). Believe me, Samsung is rich enough to make multiple factories and control output quality. They are also obligated to do so (IMO) because they control this industry.

BTW Samsung's insurance company is Samsung Insurance. I don't know how this would benefit them or otherwise... I'm just saying (I thought it was kinda funny)

Well it's just a Japanese company buying a Japanese company. Probably doesn't make a bit of a difference.

I heard on the local news that some guy is threatening to sue engadget because he tried sticking his finger in the socket with his own version of the device... I guess he didn't see the disclaimer on the bottom.