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TSE:7762
TSE:7762Electronic

Is Italian Antitrust Probe Into Alleged Price-Fixing Altering The Investment Case For Citizen Watch (TSE:7762)?

Italy’s antitrust authority has opened an investigation into Citizen Watch and The Swatch Group over suspected retail price-fixing practices for watches sold in Italy, conducting inspections at Citizen Watch Italy’s offices in early December 2025. The probe raises questions about how alleged coordination of retail prices and dealer monitoring could affect Citizen Watch’s competitive positioning and brand reputation in a key European market. Next, we’ll examine how this Italian antitrust...
TSE:6981
TSE:6981Electronic

Will Murata’s SiC-Ready High-Voltage MLCC Push Change Murata Manufacturing's (TSE:6981) Narrative?

Earlier this month, Murata Manufacturing launched and began mass production of a compact 1.25kV, up to 15nF C0G multilayer ceramic capacitor aimed at EV onboard chargers and high-performance consumer power supplies. By aligning this high-voltage MLCC with the industry’s move toward SiC MOSFET-based power conversion, Murata is directly targeting a technically demanding and fast-evolving segment of the electronics supply chain. We’ll now examine how this push into SiC-ready high-voltage MLCCs...