Matsushita Electric China is now trying to get Chinese retailers to act as its branches.

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Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Hitachi and Fujitsu are all trying to crack the market.

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Industry insiders say it has been developing, in a joint venture with Matsushita Electric, a lithium-ion battery that uses nickel, cobalt and aluminum dioxide.

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As of the end of the third quarter, Novatel's embedded solutions were being used by a number of big laptop manufacturers, including Dell, Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial 's Panasonic, and Toshiba.

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For Toshiba and allies Time Warner, Hollywood studio MCA, France's Thomson Consumer Electronics and Japan's Matsushita Electric, Hitachi and Pioneer, the immediate challenge is to make sure SD becomes the industry standard.

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It's much the same story for a host of leading companies in the 1000, from third-ranked Toyota Motor to consumer electronics giant Matsushita Electric (No. 9) and utility Chubu Electric (No. 41).

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In December, Sony and Matsushita Electric Industrial (nyse: MC - news - people ), known for its Panasonic products, announced a partnership to develop a Linux-based platform for the home.

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Among the top 100, notable beneficiaries of leaner and meaner strategies include electronics manufacturers Matsushita Electric (profits up 636% on sales down 4.5%) and Sharp Corp. (No. 54, profits up fivefold on sales up 6.3%).

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