Business
Top executives of MCA Inc. and Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will meet in face-to-face bargaining here next weekend as acquisition talks between the companies head into what appears to be the home stretch.
Nov. 14, 1990
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Sony Corp. and other big foreign corporations doing business in the United States are likely to face closer scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service under proposed changes to federal tax law.
Oct. 12, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
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Nov. 27, 1994
The world’s largest maker of home electronics goods, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., said Monday that the strong yen and trade friction were hampering its sales abroad of video tape recorders and other appliances.
May 26, 1987
Electronics giants Philips Electronics and Sony Corp. said Wednesday that, together with Hewlett-Packard Co., they’ll break ranks with eight of the world’s largest electronics companies and develop their own next-generation system for recording and playing data on computers.
Aug. 14, 1997
Konosuke Matsushita, one of the nation’s greatest entrepreneurs and richest men, a giant in the business world often compared to Henry Ford and John D.
April 28, 1989
An inconclusive meeting in San Francisco with their Japanese bosses heightened a Hollywood drama Wednesday for MCA Chairman Lew R.
Oct. 20, 1994
When serious Japanese money started pouring into Hollywood a few years ago, industry leaders wondered how long it would take for the new owners to assert themselves.
June 4, 1992
Leisure: Project announced in ’94 was under review by new Seagram management. Stake will be limited to 17%.
Feb. 6, 1996