Matas says U.S. Department of Commerce figures for sales of electronic systems, a wider category that includes consumer electronics, computers and other electronic products, is slumping by about 4% for 2002.

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Based in Peachtree City, Georgia, and with Detroit area operations located in Southfield, MI, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America is a division company of Secaucus, New Jersey-based Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation. (NYSE: PC) of Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading developers and producers of innovative digital and other electronic products for consumer, business and industrial use.

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The productive Asian economies in which we invest are caught in a "terms of trade" vise between rising input costs for its oil and materials and falling output prices for its electronic widgets and other manufactured products.

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"Further research is needed to assess the potential public health benefits and risks of electronic cigarettes and other novel tobacco products, " said Jennifer Haliski, an FDA spokeswoman.

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With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth already standard equipment in smartphones and quickly growing in televisions and other home electronics, the pieces are in place for easy sharing and streaming among electronic products and throughout the home.

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Other key products to look out for are electronic noses and their more recent cousins, electronic tongues.

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