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Olympus shares suffer as former CEO goes on the attack
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  • So whatever happened in this situation?

  • So whatever happened in this situation?

    Nothing happened.

    Olympus had been saved by other Japan banks and corporations and hostile takeover failed.

  • Used Olympus medical fiberoptic endoscopes for years - they created the market, made plenty of $ with their medical line, really went off track recently with this debacle. No way I would ever invest in this company - no transparency in the Japanese market, not really a publicly traded company, rather a bank owned insider run enterprise. Not a bright future I fear....

  • No way I would ever invest in this company - no transparency in the Japanese market, not really a publicly traded company, rather a bank owned insider run enterprise. Not a bright future I fear....

    What the fuck is this?
    How much you invested in other companies, zero?

  • A commentary on the state of this particular company's "unusual" management style and the interesting relationship (admittedly not unique) between lending banks and stock. And considerably >0 fwiw.

  • @jam

    If you look at more detail, their managment is not unusual.
    Just this guy represented big clan who wanted to perform hostile takeover and used inside knowledge of technique used to cover losses to lower the cost of stock.

  • Agree, except by all reports this guy was a lifelong and loyal Olympus employee who brought the information to the board and was fired. Only then did he attempt to change board...not quite the typical corporate raider Carl Icahn model of a hostile takeover. Perhaps the European press covered the story differently than US but that was the thrust here. I think Olympus makes very high quality products, as does Matsushita (aka Panasonic). I certainly spent enough time looking through an Olympus fiberoptic bronchoscope at airways!

  • And the latest news is that the Olympus executives who committed the fraud will not serve prison time. What a surprise.

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/03/olympus-chairman-and-others-sentenced/