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2011年11月19日 20時06分48秒 | 新聞記事から
東証・大証2段階で再編 13年1月メド合併 合併比率1.7倍

According to sources familiar with the matter, Tokyou Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange reached an basic agreement Friday in terms of fainal conditions for their business integration. The integration ratio was decided as TSE's market capitalization is to be evaluated to be around 1.7 times that of OSE. Merger will take place having two steps.First of all,two entities will be merged around January of 2013, and the next step, in one or two yeras,the merged entity will be reorganized, being divided into 4 subsidiaries responsible for each business area like stocks,derivatives,etc. Newly established holding company will be named "Japan Exchange Group," which is to be announced next Tuesday after the two companies each have a board of directors' meeting and get an official decision.

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2011年11月18日 21時38分08秒 | 新聞記事から
太陽電池 海外で一貫生産 パナソニック マレーシア新工場  円高対応、能力1.5倍

According to sources concerned, Panasonic Corporation has a plan to produce solar batteries copnsistently from parts to finished products overseas for the first time. Specificcaly, it will build a plant in Malaysia in fiscal 2012 with as much as about 50 billion yen invested, enhancing its production capability to one and a half times the presen. It is aimed at strengthening the company's cost competitiveness and tackling the higher yen.