TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. Panasonic Corp., Japan's biggest consumer electronics maker, said in a statement Thursday it will buy shares in the two companies through a public tender offer, targeting a complete purchase by April 2011. Shares in the target companies soared while Panasonic tumbled....
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