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Japan's Olympus ordered to pay back taxes: Report

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Japanese authorities have ordered Olympus to pay about $63 million in back taxes and penalties, reports said on Wednesday, as the disgraced firm tries to recover from a loss cover-up scandal.

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Sony to invest in troubled Olympus: Reports

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Japan's Sony will inject about $623 million into troubled Olympus as the camera and medical equipment maker rebuilds its finances after a massive cover-up scandal, reports said Friday.

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Scam-hit Olympus to slash 2,700 jobs

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Scandal-hit Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus said on Friday it will cut 2,700 jobs as part of a wider restructuring as it tries to recover from a loss cover-up scandal.

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Olympus eyes Sony or Panasonic for tie-up: Report

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Scandal-hit Japanese camera maker Olympus is in separate talks with Sony and Panasonic for a possible tie-up as it looks to rescue itself after a huge losses cover-up, a report said on Wednesday.

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Olympus executive in India found dead in apparent suicide

A top executive of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp was found hung to death outside his apartment in Gurgaon in a likely suicide, police said on Tuesday.

Tsutomu Omori, 49, head of the company's m

Olympus says India exec likely had no ties to scandal

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An Olympus Corp executive found dead in India in an apparent suicide is likely to have had no link to the Japanese endoscope maker's accounting scandal, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

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Former Olympus President arrested: Prosecutors

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The former president of under-fire Olympus has been arrested in Tokyo, prosecutors said on Thursday, in one of the biggest ever financial scandals to rock corporate Japan.

Olympus posts nine-month net loss of $426 million

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Scandal-hit Olympus on Monday reported a net loss of 33.08 billion yen ($426 million) for the nine months to December amid a massive accounting cover-up that has tarnished the image of corporate Japan

Sony top contender for Olympus equity tie: Magazine

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Sony Corp is the leading contender among firms jostling for an equity stake in Olympus Corp, Japanese business weekly Diamond reported on its website, as the scandal-hit medical equipment maker moves

Banker in Olympus scandal steps into public view

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A Japanese banker who is a key figure in the Olympus accounting fraud came into public view for the first time since the scandal broke, appearing on Friday at his divorce hearing in a Florida court.

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