Timing, too, played havoc with this year's mobile announcements, with many manufacturers holding off news until next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The news from manufacturers is also likely to get worse rather than better.
Japanese stocks rose to their highest level since March 11, as a weakening yen and news of manufacturers bringing factories back online made owning Japanese stocks more attractive to investors.
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It's a time of dire news for auto manufacturers, with losses widening, dealerships closing, and whole brands disappearing.
If the good news from the manufacturers is overshadowed by more problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, then the ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan (NYSE: EWV) may climb higher.
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Martin Johnson, the trust's director, told the BBC that the news that the manufacturers were starting to acknowledge responsibility was welcome but they were still trying to perpetuate the myth that no-one could have known of the harm the drug could cause when there was, he said, much evidence that they did know.
Martin Johnson, director of the Thalidomide Trust, told the BBC that the news that the manufacturers were starting to acknowledge responsibility was welcome but they were still trying to perpetuate the myth that no-one could have known of the harm the drug could cause when there was, he said, much evidence that they did know.
The falling prices are bad news for memory chip manufacturers like Micron (MU), but they could set the stage for some upside earnings surprises at Apple (AAPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), as they bring down the cost of producing PCs and other devices.
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Responding to that, Scudder in October rolled out a guaranteed retirement benefit program underwritten by Manulife Financial 's (nyse: MFC - news - people ) Manufacturers Life Insurance.
In a statement, industry group the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it was very disappointing news.
As I said at the start, it's great news if car companies - and other manufacturers - are making and selling more in the UK. Their success can produce a lot of positive spin-offs for local economies, and for the country as a whole.
Egbert said Citrix may be targeting original equipment manufacturers like NEC (nasdaq: NIPNY - news - people ), the company's largest distributor, and Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ).
Other manufacturers like Palm Computing (nasdaq: PALM - news - people) have picked the technology for a forthcoming MP3 player add-on for the PalmPilot, and more are sure to follow.
Aiming to get its software on more devices, the company this week announced dozens of new partnerships with manufacturers such as Toshiba (otc: TOSBF - news - people ), Alienware and Viewsonic, both privately held.
The plaintiffs in the cases received their copies of Windows when they bought personal computers from manufacturers like Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people) and Dell Computer (nasdaq: DELL - news - people).
That's great news for consumers but poses a problem for consumer electronics manufacturers that want to target an ultra-high-end niche.
Ntera recently signed a co-development agreement with Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) to supply product to LCD manufacturers.
But PC manufacturers, nudged by Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), are going to new lengths to make it easier than before.
The duo started buying high-end reproductions of famous modern pieces from manufacturers, including Herman Miller (nasdaq: MLHR - news - people ), the exclusive U.S. maker of furniture created by the Eameses, and storing them in a California warehouse so they could be shipped promptly.
Participating companies include manufacturers such as United Technologies (nyse: UTX - news - people ) and Eastman Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people ) , as well as tech outfits like Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) and IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ).
This will also be bad news for the second tier Google (GOOG) Android phone manufacturers such as HTC.
Joe Martin, Games Editor at Bit Gamer, told BBC News that OnLive posed a threat to both retail and hardware manufacturers.
This is great news for solar consumers, but has meant deep pain for solar manufacturers.
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Ibiquity is essentially an intellectual property firm that is licensing its patents to manufacturers and broadcasters in a Qualcomm -like (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ) plan to earn royalties.
At a news event, the federation made the case by showcasing two executives from small American manufacturers.
Manufacturers slashed PC prices, eliminating margins for middlemen like Merisel (nasdaq: MSEL - news - people ).
Beyond corporate and private VIP applications, helicopter manufacturers have also been able to tap growing demand for emergency medical services, law enforcement support, news gathering and a variety of industrial applications, such as supporting offshore oil and gas activity not to mention defense.
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In her story on Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ) ( click here), Kerry Dolan describes how manufacturers of lifesaving (and insanely expensive) anti-anemia drugs were perversely motivated to compete not by cutting prices but by paying "rebates" to the doctors who decided which drug to use.
Cooper's plans for the company call for it to look a lot like Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ), which licenses its CDMA wireless phone technology to phone and telecom gear manufacturers.
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