For example, contaminant removal may include the separation of unwanted materials like electronics, PVC and minerals.
Another factor is workers at toy and apparel factories are shifting to more lucrative industries like electronics.
The other stocks to look for are in sectors which will benefit from the weaker baht, like electronics.
Going into the holidays with sharp promotions is one thing, but stores are thinking more creatively to lure shoppers to items like electronics and toys.
Mobile games, in particular, are locked in a fierce battle for customers and are constantly being eclipsed by new offerings from behemoths like Electronics Arts Inc.
Our criteria include accomplishments in the latest year, which for a troubled player like electronics giant HTC means that a prominent chairman, Cher Wang, drops from the list.
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The analysis predicts lower-tech manufacturing like textiles and apparel will stay overseas, while more complex products, like electronics and automobiles, might be more likely to be made in the United States.
Some gadget makers, like LG Electronics, have postponed their tablets until a sufficient version of Android emerges.
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Often, innovation is assumed to be relevant for companies operating in industries focused on fast-changing technologies, like consumer electronics.
In a keynote speech Thursday at CES, Ford CEO Alan Mulally said the automaker is learning to think more like an electronics company.
But if you like consumer electronics, cars, clothing, light bulbs, sneakers and the occasional avocado in February, this may not best please you.
It also produces custom analog and logic products, as well as chips used to manage power in portable devices like handheld electronics and power tools.
Satellite companies like Hughes Electronics and EchoStar Communications are encroaching on cable's territory, carrying hundreds of channels, including local offerings, with digital-quality picture and sound.
Real paradigm shifts like semiconductor electronics or DNA-based biology are infrequent.
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Part and parcel of this has been the offshoring of low wage assembly work like the electronics to China, textiles to Bangladesh and Cambodia.
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In a business like military electronics where the boundaries between product categories are not well defined and requirements change quickly, mass and diversity are crucial to survival.
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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.
He has been shy about specifics but shedding underperformers like the electronics testing and chemical analysis businesses would free up management to concentrate on high-growth, high-profit areas like printers, software and its recordable CD-ROM product.
"We are a car company that through market-driven, customer focused innovation is learning to think and act like an electronics company, leveraging partnerships with fresh, innovative technology leaders, " added Mulally, who delivered the Consumer Electronics Show keynote address on Thursday.
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When Morgan Stanley recalculates the company's rankings in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the consensus is that Gazprom, which holds nearly one-third of the world's natural-gas reserves and contributes 25% of Russia's tax receipts, will come out on top of the list, ahead of behemoths like Samsung Electronics .
The governor can begin delivering on this promise by supporting AB 1850, a bill introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon and passed yesterday by the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communication, which would improve the way the California Energy Commission (CEC) considers energy efficiency in rapidly evolving industries like consumer electronics.
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In addition to categories like books, electronics, music and sporting goods, customers can book rental cars, plan vacations and refill prescriptions.
To make modern electronics like the Sharp touch screens for Apple the actual parts cost is near zero.
While it was at Radio City Music Hall, it felt like a Consumer Electronics Show demo writ very large.
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Quite bizarrely thorium reactors would make electronics like smartphones a little bit cheaper.
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The move comes amid a sharp drop in the prices for the memory powering consumer electronics like digital cameras and media players.
Heico also sells electronics like electrical power supplies, infrared test equipment and high-speed systems to link digital cameras and high-resolution scanners to computers.
Tessera is in the business of licensing miniaturization technologies, and such technologies are used in consumer electronics like smart phones and flat screen televisions.
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