The weaker yen is a boon to Japan's major auto and electronics exporters.
In the past year Chinese workers have been allowed to form unions and strike for higher wages and shorter hours at various auto and electronics plants.
Berkshire saw revenues rise down the list of the companies it holds in businesses ranging between railroads, auto insurance, electronics components and RV-makers.
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During their monthly consulting sessions in the early 1970s, Peter Drucker and Mort Mandel, the then-CEO of electronics and auto-parts distributor Premier Industrial Corp.
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Big delivery companies including UPS are seen as gauges of the economy because of the wide range of products they ship, everything from auto parts to consumer electronics.
The Transportation department also is nearing the completion of a set of electronics guidelines for auto makers that will dictate certain safety protocols.
Chatterji worked for many years in the auto industry before branching out into electronics.
In particular, UBS noted concerns that there could be trouble looming for chip companies with big exposure to the consumer electronics, PC and auto sectors, given weak spending trends.
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It's now at 22%, and analysts say it's well positioned to keep growing as it branches beyond the aerospace and auto industries to markets like consumer electronics, packaged goods and shipbuilding.
January is an exciting time for both green technology and eco-friendly cars, as the Consumer Electronics Show segues into the Detroit Auto Show -- which just kicked off today!
That's changing according to Vlad Sejnoha, chief technology officer at Nuance, who says auto makers have had to re-invent themselves as consumer electronics manufacturers.
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Today, even the fastest of fast four-wheeled machines only connect to the world at large over 3G, another sign of the auto industry struggling to keep up with the world of consumer electronics.
Interest rates can range from 15% for secured auto loans to as much as 40% for unsecured loans, appliances and electronics, driven by high demand for loans and little or no credit history for the borrowers.
Ford and other auto companies wanted to be able to prove that their infotainment systems could keep up with the consumer-electronics industry and a pace of product introduction and obsolescence that is many times faster than the glacial pace in the car business.
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Rounding out the top 10 where: Hangzhou Everfine Photo, a supplier of testing equipment, Shanghai CSG Smart Science, a supplier of power distribution products, Shandong Sinocera Function Material, a maker of ceramic powder for the electronics industry, Beijing Orient National Communication, a software maker, Jiangsu Yunyi, an auto parts maker, Boomsense, a supplier of repeaters, and Staidson Beijing Biopharmaceuticals, a chemicals products maker.
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