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Pioneer, an electronics firm, Elipda, a chipmaker, and Japan Airlines are among the first to look for government support.
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When Pioneer, a consumer-electronics firm, sacked some of its managers in 1993, for example, shoppers in Akihabara, a Tokyo neighbourhood devoted to electronics shops, organised a boycott of its products.
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But recently, Pioneer Investments, an American fund-management firm, opened the first mutual fund to give individuals exposure.
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As Tata's sixth chairman in its 140-year history, he will try to make his mark on a firm that has been a consistent pioneer in Indian business, launching the country's first airline before it was nationalized as well as its first steel plant and the world's most inexpensive car.
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Meixi Lake will be a new planned city in the West Changsha Pioneer Zone in Hunan Province, designed by architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF).
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This year's most exciting venture is between Rosita Missoni (an early pioneer of fashion-design collaboration) and the Swedish firm Bolon.
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