The company continues to focus on investments to enhance its product line, and that is what sets it apart from competitors such as Renesas-NEC, Microchip and Atmel.

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The lower than expected earning figures were revealed in a Corporate Revenue Monitoring report for 2012-2013 as part of the NEC's "constant communication with the council on all aspects of the business".

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Figure in the cost of the memory plus the larger circuit boards needed for rival systems, and the VideoLogic-NEC team claims its system costs hardware makers half as much as one using older technologies.

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Companies such as Matsushita, Sanyo, NEC and Toshiba have also displayed 3-D televisions and mobiles at consumer electronics shows.

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It ultimately has the power to choose whether to let her stand as Labour candidate or to de-select her but the verdict of the NEC could prove decisive.

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