[Imaging Resource] Panasonic, Olympus to strengthen ties?

Last week, we reported on the situation at Olympus, with the company preparing for restructuring and seeking a significant investment to help it deal with the after-effects of last year's financial scandal. Today, reports from the Japanese media suggest that the company may soon receive a significant investment from Panasonic Corp., its long-term partner in two interchangeable-lens camera standards. Panasonic--then known as Matsushita Electric Industrial--first started cooperating with Olympus on the Four Thirds standard way back in early 2004, and the companies renewed that relationship...
(read more)

More...