CNBC (November 20)
“There aren’t many automotive executives who can claim to have saved a company, let alone three. But now, Carlos Ghosn might also prove to be the man responsible for shattering the global alliance that transformed Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi into an industry powerhouse.”
Tags: Auto, Executives, Ghosn, Global alliance, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Powerhouse, Renault, Shattering
Bloomberg (October 1)
“Stocks of the so-called sogo shosha, the groups that drove Japan’s postwar export success—the likes of Itochu Corp., Marubeni Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp.—have rallied as much as 36 percent over the last year, outpacing the race to a three-decade high by the broad Topix Index. The trading companies’ free cash-flow levels are above those reached in their heyday, and their leverage much lower.”
Tags: Export, FCF, Itochu, Japan, Leverage, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Outpacing, Postwar, Rallied, Sogo shosha, Success, Topix
The Economist (March 17)
“Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has become the world’s biggest carmaker,” but “the job of drawing it even closer together will be tricky.”
Tags: Carmaker, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Tricky, World's biggest