Olympus mulls tie-up with Sony and Panasonic: Report
Japan's Olympus Corp is scouting the global electronics industry for a friendly investor to help it recover from an accounting scandal and has put Sony and Panasonic on its short list, a newspaper sai
Olympus president to resign, panel pushes $1.2 billion suit: Media
An Olympus Corp panel plans to recommend the endoscope maker sue current and former executives for more than 90 billion yen in scandal-related damages, and its president Shuichi Takayama is expected t
Olympus units raided over accounting scandal - media
Japanese prosecutors raided Olympus Corp units on Wednesday in connection with a huge accounting scandal that has threatened the existence of the 92-year-old maker of cameras and medical equipment, Ja
Olympus tells lenders cash crunch looms - Nikkei
Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp, whose balance sheet took a massive hit after it admitted to a long-running accounting cover-up, told lenders its cash and deposits could run out in 2015, a newspaper re
Olympus ex-CEO Woodford attacks Japan investors as comeback bid struggles
The whistleblower in Japan's Olympus Corp scandal, ex-CEO Michael Woodford, blasted Japanese shareholders on Thursday for failing to stand up for him, amid signs that domestic and foreign investors ar
Olympus expected to release earnings on deadline
Scandal-hit Olympus was expected to release its overdue earnings statement on Wednesday, as the camera and medical equipment maker raced to meet a deadline or risk being axed from Tokyo's stock exchan
Olympus ousted CEO to visit Japan, seeks new board
Olympus Corp's ousted CEO Michael Woodford will travel to Japan on Tuesday seeking support from shareholders and investors for a new management to lead the firm after a $1.7 billion accounting fraud.
Olympus panel 'to blame presidents over scam'
A committee probing a massive cover up of losses at Japan's Olympus is to unveil its report on Tuesday, and is expected to blame two former company presidents for approving the scheme, reports said.
Olympus won't get extension on reporting deadline: Sources
Japanese regulators will not extend a deadline for Olympus to report its financial results, sources with knowledge of the matter said, leaving the scandal-hit company with less than two weeks to corre
Olympus scandal linked to Japanese mafia: Report
Financial brokers who helped Olympus cover up years of investment losses, now at the centre of a growing scandal, have indirect links to Japan's yakuza crime syndicates, a press report said on Monday.