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Sharp, Foxconn chiefs to meet, discuss takeover issues
26 Feb 2016
Analysts have said Sharp needs to find a buyer or secure some form of bailout by the end of March due to its weak finances
Foxconn offers to buy Japanese electronics maker Sharp for $5.3 bn: report
21 Jan 2016
Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, has offered to buy Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp for ¥625 billion ($5.3 billion), The Wall Street Journal today reported, citing people familiar with the matter
Taiwan’s Foxconn plans Rs31,500 cr investment in Maharashtra
10 Aug 2015
The announcement came from Foxconn founder and chairman Terry Gou and the Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis after signing of a memorandum of understanding over the weekend in Mumbai
Adani close to JV deal with Taiwan’s Foxconn
05 Aug 2015
Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronic products, counts Apple, Blackberry, Xiaomi and Amazon among clients
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision to set up Foxconn facility in US
27 Jan 2014
The biggest manufacturer of Apple products and a symbol of US outsourcing, Foxconn, plans to build an advanced display manufacturing facility in the US
BlackBerry to outsource handset production to Foxconn
21 Dec 2013
Foxconn will get a share of profit on each device in return for taking on inventory management, which could result in writedowns if smartphones did not sell
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