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Sony Television - Electronics - Technology
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Playstation, LCD TVs power Sony to $294 million profit
USA Today
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | | at By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer TOKYO — bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, personal computers and televisions. ...
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American Airlines to pay $5M in freight case
The Dallas Morning News
| American Airlines has agreed to pay $5 million and provide evidence against other airlines to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by freight shippers who were victims of a price-fixing cartel. | A lawyer for the shippers, Michael Hausfeld, said Wednesday that American was the first airline to ag...
Asian shares hit hard by Fed comment on slowing growth
Gulf News
| Tokyo: Most Asian stocks fell as US Federal Reserve comments that growth slowed in some areas of the economy overshadowed signs of increased corporate earnings. | Samsung Electronics Co., which gets a fifth of its revenue in America, sank 1.2 ...
Sony raises forecast as demand surges
Gulf News
| Tokyo: Sony Corp., the world's number three television maker, raised its full-year earnings forecasts after sales of TVs and game consoles helped the company to an unexpected profit last quarter. | Net income will probably be 60 billion yen (D...
Panasonic moves to buy out two units
Gulf News
| Tokyo: Panasonic, the world's largest maker of rechargeable batteries, offered to buy out Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works for 818.4 billion yen (Dh34.2 billion) to help expand its renewable energy business. | Panasonic, which may s...
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the economic recovery is weakening. | On Thursday, James Bullard, the president of t...
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Sensex ruling flat amid tardy global cues
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Thursday afternoon recovered after a brief slip but was still ruling flat amid sluggish global cues. | The 30-scrip sensiti...
Panasonic LCD TV - Electronics
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
Star Tribune
| 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 gre...
Sony Bravia - LCD TVs
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Sony Surprises With Q1 Profit and Raises Outlook
ABC News
| By Isabel Reynolds | July 29, 2010 | TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp surprised investors by lifting its annual outlook after returning to the black in the first quarter thanks to imp...
At a glance: Kellogg 2Q sales
Fresno Bee
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Texas proposes new rules for shale gas drilling
Fresno Bee
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Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas
Fresno Bee
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Politics
Toyota car - Driver - Motorist
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Toyota Recalls 412, 000 Cars in US, Mostly Avalons
The New York Times
| Filed at 7:31 a.m. ET | TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday. | The 373,000 Avalons being recalled range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the steering lock ba...
Economy
Die Kurve des deutschen Aktienindex DAX ist am Donnerstag, 18. September 2008, in der Boerse in Frankfurt am Main ueber einem Aktienmakler zu sehen. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) ---The curve of German stock index Dax is seen over a broker in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)hg3
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European Markets Slip on Concerns About U.S.
The New York Times
| European exchanges traded in a narrow range Wednesday amid signs that the recent rally may be running out of steam because of concerns about a recovery in the United States. | Asian stocks closely sharply higher, however, on optimism over the region’s two leading economies, Japan and China. | In London, the FTSE 100 was down 20.56 points, o...



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