Even in good times electronics can be a grinding, low-margin business--just ask Sony.
ICO's ten satellites, made by Hughes Electronics, are eight times more powerful, and will be able to provide coverage that is at least as good as Iridium's 66-strong constellation and the 48 of Globalstar.
Electronics, with their rapid release times and quick turnover, are a less ideal fit, however.
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Even the South Korean electronics giant Samsung has nearly 10 times more graphene patents than the UK as a whole.
An executive at one parts company says that electronics in a car are seven times more likely to fail than mechanical parts.
Last month the BBC reported on the race to secure patents on graphene and how, despite the UK's early lead, China was now leading the field with the South Korean electronics giant Samsung holding nearly ten times more patents than Britain as a whole.
The credit can be used immediately, reused and even hold multiple balances for the differing providers -- ideal for the times you need fragrances, electronics and ... olives.
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White has added a few new picks that he expects to be winners, including Samsung Electronics (trading at 6.2 times forward earnings), the drugmaker Aventis (44 times earnings) and the conglomerate Canadian Pacific (9.1 times earnings).
No disaster like Nokia, Motorola and Research in Motion but nevertheless destined to sell at 10 times flattish earnings, just another electronics hardware operator.
Most of the big Japanese electronics giants have seen their fortunes tumble in recent times.
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Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the U.S. trade association representing some 2, 000 consumer electronics companies, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream.
How many times have you searched for a power outlet for your electronics, or asked a co-worker to borrow their cell phone charger?
But last year solar cell manufacturers bought more silicon wafers than chipmakers--and solar's demand for wafers is growing three times as fast as demand from the rest of the electronics industry.
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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In addition to the expected record loss, debt is 2.1 times equity, versus 38% for America's top 25 electronics makers.
David Pogue of the New York Times was asked to join NPR to answer questions from callers regarding consumer electronics gifts for the Holidays.
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The Federal Aviation Administration may be shifting its hard-line stance on the use of personal electronics to allow for a reexamination of the science at work, according to the New York Times.
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Rannestad said refinery times vary on scrap silver, with jewelry being the easiest to refine and silver recouped from electronics the longest.
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