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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sharp on the cutting edge
Sharp announced that it's going to manufacture the world's sharpest display.
Sharp sword to LCD production
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
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.