Japanese firm will not exit LCD joint venture with Samsung.
Sony Corp. has moved to squash rumors that it will exit an LCD joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics. The rumors surfaced as Sony is heading for an eight straight year of losses in its televisions division.
Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, first reported the rumor. It said that Samsung was in talks with ... [ read the full article ]
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I do know there is still a huge amount of animosity that still goes on between the Asian nations over there, so leaking privileged information to make one side look bad wouldn't be uncommon.
Also knowing that Korea has been tasked with manufacturing a lot of the newest/breaking technologies (before passing it on to gross manufacturing) this could mean that Sony wants to back away from research & development (at least the funding of it anyway).
Granted, that's pure speculation, but seeing as how Sony hasn't kept its house in order over the last year & their hell bent attitude on ultimate control... seems to me this shell game is being played with transparent cups.
