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BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2021
Warren Buffett has made $2 billion so far with bet on Japan's trading houses
The gain of more than 30% across the five firms has outpaced the benchmark Topix index's 21% rise, without accounting for dividend income.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2016
Sumitomo to acquire banana producer Fyffes for €751 million
Sumitomo Corp. agreed to buy Fyffes Plc for €751 million ($798 million) in cash, expanding the company's reach in the global fruit market and sending the Irish producer's shares soaring.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2016
Sumitomo Corp. misses profit target, warns of uncertainty
Sumitomo Corp. warned that its business outlook is becoming more uncertain after missing its full-year profit target due to widening impairments on its resources investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2015
Trader Sumitomo braces for worst losses since 1997
Sumitomo Corp. said it expects an annual loss of ¥85 billion ($711 million), more than four times the number forecast by analysts, after the trading house posted additional write-downs on its resources investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2015
What a difference oil price makes, as Marubeni joins writedowns
"I couldn't believe that oil would drop this far," said Marubeni Corp. Chief Executive Officer Fumiya Kokubu.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2014
Sumitomo shares plunge over huge investment losses
Sumitomo shares post their biggest fall in almost two decades after the trading house said it lost $2.2 billion on investments, including Texas shale oil and Australian coal mining.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2014
Sumitomo joins Goldman in expecting the aluminum market to swing into a deficit
The global aluminum market will swing into a deficit this year for the first time since 2006 as cuts in output deepen and demand from automakers grows, according to trading house Sumitomo Corp.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2013
Osaka Gas to enter U.K. tap water industry
Osaka Gas Co. said Monday it will buy a big stake in a utility supplying tap water to London and surrounding areas from Sumitomo Corp.

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