"With the digital age, we can catch up with our competitors, " says CEO Jong Yong Yun through a translator during an interview in the cavernous, formal receiving room near his office at Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Seoul.

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It rents and sells residential and office furniture, consumer electronics and home appliances.

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Best Buy (BBY) retails consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services through its retail stores.

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But music, electronics, and office products also earn high scores, and nine other categories, from cars to specialty apparel, have online prospects that earn them a moderately favorable rating.

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She plans to apply to an office-supply store, an electronics store and for a telecommunications job she could do from her home in western New York.

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Then he ran LG Group's powerful central strategy office for a year before moving over to LG Electronics.

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Outpost.com: Also known as Cyberian Outpost, this site, which features computers, electronics, games, and home and office equipment, takes the term "free shipping" to a new level.

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Yet fresh from the ritzy Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mr Powell seems as full of zest for public office as ever.

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