Olympus struggles to contain crisis over $687m payment

Name: Olympus struggles to contain crisis over $687m payment
Uploaded: 2011-10-25T00:44:54.000Z
Duration: 2 min 7 s
Description: Shares in the Japanese camera maker Olympus have lost more than half of their value in just over a week, as it struggles to contain a growing financial scandal.

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Shares in the Japanese camera maker Olympus have lost more than half of their value in just over a week, as it struggles to contain a growing financial scandal.

There are reports that the FBI is now investigating a payment of $685m that the firm made in relation to the purchase of a British company in 2008.

The BBC's Roland Buerk explains why the firm has been engulfed by crisis in such a short period of time.

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25 October 2011