Here we go again?
Nikkei Inc.'s purchase of Pearson's FT Group raises once more the question of whether Japanese companies pay too much for overseas acquisitions.
Since the 1990s, Japanese acquirers have purchased a series of assets — from the Pebble Beach golf course to wireless carrier Sprint Corp. — that often proved financially disastrous, leaving their mark in history as some of the worst deal-makers.
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