LN News and Press, LINE Corporation American Depositary Shares (each representing one share of) From 12/17/19

By ALT Perspective Last week, the announcement by the Trump administration on the United States and China reaching a 'Phase One' trade agreement caught the market by surprise. Many, including me, had expected some deferment of a potential deal till after December 15, the date which t...

Elevator Pitch Korea-listed internet conglomerate Naver Corporation ( NHNCF ) [035420:KS] owns South Korea's leading internet search portal, Naver.com and earns profits from search ads, display ads, and e-commerce in Korea. Naver Corporation also owns a 72.7% stake in Japanese mobile messagi...

Investment highlights The merger of Naver ( NHNCF ) subsidiary Line ( LN ) and SoftBank ( SFTBY ) subsidiary Yahoo Japan was officially announced. Naver and Softbank will form a 50:50 venture that would control Z Holdings , which would operate Yahoo Japan and Line (an operating company). Na...

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Stitcher and Spotify . U.S. markets scored another hat trick on Friday as the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow hit fresh records, while the latter topped 28,...

Via a fairly complex transaction, SoftBank ( OTCPK:SFTBY ) intends to combine its Yahoo Japan internet business - now known as Z Holdings ( OTCPK:YAHOY ) - with Line Corp. (NYSE: LN ), creating a $30B tech giant that will compete with the likes of Rakuten. More news on: SoftBank Group Co...

ResTORbio (NASDAQ: TORC )  -78%  after lead candidate flunks study. More news on: resTORbio, Inc., Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., Agile Therapeutics, Inc., Stocks on the move, Read more ...

Shares of Line Corp. (NYSE: LN) jumped 26.6% on Wednesday after Reuters reported the messaging app company is in talks for a potential merger with SoftBank 's Z Holdings (formerly known as Yahoo! Japan). Separately, Z Holdings stock rallied 9.2% today on the news. Z Holdings confirmed...

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In a battle for eyeballs and daily active users,  Facebook  (NASDAQ: FB) and  Line Corp  (NYSE: LN) are two intriguing options for tech investors to consider. While Facebook is the much more established brand, it's also facing many challenges ahead, and Line Corp may have...