Mr Meckstroth notes that America no longer makes many of the things it uses, such as consumer electronics.
Specialty metals include metals like rare earth elements, which are being used more often in applications such as consumer electronics, solar panels and magnets used to power hybrid vehicles.
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Rent-A-Center operates company owned rent-to-own stores which offer high-quality, durable goods such as consumer electronics, appliances, furniture and accessories to consumers under flexible rental purchase arrangements that allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed-upon rental period.
Even where American products lag, such as in consumer electronics and luxury sedans, the gap is narrowing.
Microsoft says it is stepping away from live consumer marketing events such as the International Consumer Electronics Show, held in early January in Las Vegas, and clearly consumer software will be less and less the focus.
And they will do quite well for at least another decade or two, living off mainstream industries such as autos, consumer electronics, semiconductors and other capital goods as they make a transition to a more investor and consumer-friendly society.
Nowhere is this controversy as fierce as in data intensive industries such as Telecom, Consumer Electronics and High Tech.
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Two decades of digitization had brought together previously distinct industries such as computers, consumer electronics, telecommunications, publishing and media.
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And firms in such sectors as chemicals, consumer electronics, textiles and forestry are threatening to bring cases.
So California's ports must compete on speed, which is increasingly important for time-sensitive goods such as fashion wear or consumer electronics.
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My mention of mineral resource vulnerability may surprise some but I should point out the heavy dependency of rare earth minerals in technology such as mobile devices and consumer electronics, and the limited supply we have.
Best Buy competes with a handful of companies selling consumer electronics such as Wal-Mart , Costco, Radioshack and online retailer Amazon.
The Acer C7 connects to popular consumer electronics devices such as camcorders, digital cameras and smart phones via its three USB 2.0 ports.
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Companies which once specialised in consumer electronics, such as Sony and Nintendo, can now try to sell games machines that double as PCs in the home.
Gallup will not reveal all of its clients, but its survey included giants such as Best Buy, a consumer-electronics retailer, Columbia Healthcare and Carlson, a large marketing group.
Cell chips will also be ideal for use inside consumer-electronics devices such as digital video-recorders and high-definition televisions.
However given the higher price point appeal of consumer electronics, competitors such as Wal-Mart have pushed aggressively into this space, and based on recent results, appear to be taking market share from Best Buy.
Its consumer electronics and business electronics divisions, and its business making components such as screens and semiconductors, are strong and share enough features to gain from each other's presence.
The certification is only for client devices, such as tablets, handsets, notebooks, and consumer electronics.
Freescale makes embedded chips that go into a range of applications such as automotive electronics, wireless transmission devices and consumer appliances.
These will appeal to technophobes and will bring consumer-electronics firms, such as Sony and Philips, into competition with the computer industry.
One is the rise of powerful, independent consumer-electronics retailers, such as Yamada Denki and Deo Deo, as Japan has gradually lifted restrictions on opening big stores.
In recent years, Polaroid has expanded its range of products in consumer electronics and photography, such as instant and digital cameras, high-definition camcorders, mobile printers, tablets, flat-screen TVs and more.
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But the company has encountered months of negotiation on whether it should be allowed to operate cafes and restaurants and sell products, such as textiles, toys, books, secondhand furniture and consumer electronics, that don't carry the IKEA brand.
There has never been such thing as a handset market downturn that is decoupled from wider consumer electronics component and telecom infrastructure sectors.
The company has been considering designs for such a device since as early as 1983, and some smaller consumer-electronics companies already have rolled tablet computers onto the market.
The consumer-electronics market is also dominated by giant companies such as Apple Inc.
Companies such as Flextronics and Selectron now offer outsourced manufacturing platforms for whole categories of consumer electronics.
His company works with more than 27, 000 businesses in the global arena in order to help them both design and service products in manufacturing industries such as industrial equipment, automotive, high tech and electronics, aerospace and defense, retail, consumer, and medical devices.
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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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