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  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today Oct 1: Weaker on US market fall and economic worries / Sony acquires Bluepoint / Rakuten preps its Bank's IPO - Nikkei -2.31%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers and Thao Nguyen
Tags: Nintendo (7974 JT), Murata (6981 JT), Konami (9766 JT), Toshiba (6502 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Amazon (AMZN US), Microsoft MSFT US), Netflix (NFLX US), Rakuten (4755 JT), Amazon Japan, Z Holdings (4689 JT)
Main Points
• Japanese shares slide on Wall Street losses, economic outlook concerns
• Sony acquires Bluepoint games
• Rakuten prepares for Rakuten Bank's IPO
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Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

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Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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