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- From hero to zero - Japan after livedoor.(Takafumi Horie, securities fraud)
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- Research articles 2006-02-04
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- Horie preps hostile bid for Fuji TV.(Takafumi Horie, Fuji Television Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
- TOKYO -- Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie has gone on the offensive in his battle to take over the Fuji TV network. His Internet service provider, Livedoor, is prepping a [yen] 300 billion ($2.86j billion) leveraged buyout of the Japanese commercial broadcast...
- Research articles 2005-03-18
- 3RD LD: Kamei reelected in Hiroshima, defeating Horie
- HIROSHIMA, Sept. 12 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH FINAL RESULTS) Veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei, who left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in opposition to postal reform bills, retained his seat in the Hiroshima No. 6 district in Sunday's general election despite challenges by pro-postal privatization independent...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- 3RD LD: Kamei reelected in Hiroshima, defeating Horie
- HIROSHIMA, Sept. 12 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH FINAL RESULTS) Veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei, who left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in opposition to postal reform bills, retained his seat in the Hiroshima No. 6 district in Sunday's general election despite challenges by pro-postal privatization independent...
- Research articles 2005-09-05
- Livedoor's Horie applies for bail
- TOKYO, Feb 16, 2006 AFP — Takafumi Horie, the founder of Internet company Livedoor jailed in a spectacular fall from grace, applied to be released on bail, news reports said. His lawyer submitted the application to the Tokyo District Court three days after the 33-year-old was indicted for alleged...
- Research articles 2006-02-16
- Court rejects release of Livedoor's Horie: reports
- TOKYO AFP — A Japanese court refused to release on bail Takafumi Horie, the flamboyant millionaire who founded Internet firm Livedoor but now faces charges of fraud. His lawyer had applied for bail to the Tokyo District Court after the 33-year-old was indicted for alleged violation of securities laws...
- Research articles 2006-02-17
- 5TH LD: Livedoor's Horie to run in general election against Kamei
- TOKYO, Aug. 19 Kyodo (ED: ADDING KOIZUMI'S REMARKS) Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie said Friday he will run in the upcoming general election as an independent in the Hiroshima No. 6 constituency to challenge Shizuka Kamei, one of the leading Liberal Democratic Party rebels against...
- Research articles 2005-08-22
- Veteran lawmaker Kamei urges parliament to probe 'Horie's e-mail'
- TOKYO, Feb. 20 Kyodo Veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei on Monday urged parliament to investigate the credibility of an e-mail which Livedoor Co.'s founder Takafumi Horie allegedly sent to an unidentified person to order a 30 million yen transfer to the younger son of Tsutomu Takebe, secretary...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Hostility rejected: horie bid sputters as Fuji ups NBS stake.(Fuji Television Network Inc.,)(Brief Article)
- TOKYO -- Internet portal Livedoor's hostile takeover of Nippon Broadcasting System NBS stalled Tuesday after the radio broadcaster's much larger TV affil Fuji announced it has upped its stake to 36.47% of NBS shares. This gives Fuji power of veto at...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- Capitalism with Japanese characteristics.
- Mr Horie is a livewire too Suddenly, shareholders are beginning to matter TAKAFUMI HORIE is proof of the rewards of failure--and of "Livin' on the edge", which is what he called his company until he bought an internet portal called livedoor and...
- Research articles 2005-10-08
- Livedoor keeps swinging.(plans takeover of Fuji Television Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
- TOKYO -- The ongoing saga of Internet portal operator Livedoor's hostile takeover bid for Fuji TV took a new turn Friday when the Tokyo District Court decided in favor of an injunction sought by Livedoor prexy Takafumi Horie. Injunction bars Fuji...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- The complexities of compliance
- Protecting the consumer "It's not that I'm deliberately trying to shock people all the time. I'm just doing things that are obvious to me. It's because the public doesn't understand my way of thinking that they get surprised." These are the words of Livedoor's infamous CEO Takafumi Horie, spoken...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Japanese whiz aims for space -- in cartoon uniform
- TOKYO AFP — A Japanese Internet whiz is tipped to become the world's fourth space tourist -- and he wants to orbit the earth dressed as an ace pilot from a hit Japanese animation series. The candidate for the 20-million-dollar trip is Japanese investor Daisuke Enomoto, a 34-year-old former...
- Research articles 2005-10-11
- Japan's ruling party turns heat on opposition over Livedoor e-mail fiasco
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party went on the offensive against opposition allegations that a son of the LDP chief had received secret campaign cash from the founder of scandal-hit Internet firm Livedoor. In a statement in parliament on February 16, Democractic Party of Japan lawmaker Hisayasu...
- Research articles 2006-02-26
- Livedoor takes hostile Fuji TV bid to court.(Fuji Television Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
- TOKYO -- Japanese entrepreneur Takafumi Horie moved his battle to control Japan's mighty Fuji TV into Tokyo District Court on Thursday. His lnternet portal operator Livedoor filed an injunction to bar Fuji's radio affil Nippon Broadcasting System NBS from issuing ...
- Research articles 2005-02-25
- Cleaning Up Japan Inc.
- Early this month, the scandal at Nikko Cordial, a Japanese brokerage firm accused of misstating earnings, finally claimed its first victims when several top executives resigned in disgrace. So far, however, the firm has gotten off relatively lightly, paying a fine of just 500 million yen--a pittance by U.S. standards....
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- Mall company's choice for ballclub site displeases Japan internet firm's chief.
- Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 1--SENDAI, Japan -- The head of Internet service provider Livedoor Co. expressed displeasure Friday that Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc. followed in its footsteps in choosing Sendai as the proposed location for a...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
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