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The icons for Z Holdings Corp. Yahoo Japan application, front row from left, and the Line Corp. Line application are displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Z Holdings, a unit of SoftBank Group Corp.s telecom arm formerly known as Yahoo Japan, confirmed that its in talks with Tokyo-based messaging service Line about a possible merger, but said no final decision on a deal had been made. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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July 14, 2016
NYSE president Tom Farley congratulates Japan's Line Corp. CFO In-Joon Hwang and Chief Global Officer Joongho Shin and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Jun Masuda during the company's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Tech

This Japanese Messaging App Maker Is Already the Biggest Tech IPO This Year

By Reuters
July 14, 2016
Line Corp. Chief Executive Officer Takeshi Idezawa News Conference
Tech

Line, the Biggest Tech IPO of the Year, Struggles to Show its Growth Plan Can Work

By Reuters
June 26, 2016
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Tech

Messaging App Line Is Planning an IPO

By Jonathan Chew
March 4, 2016
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Tech

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By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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Tech

Long live the Apple line

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
April 8, 2015

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