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		<title>New Sony software head to help bring company on track?</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2006-01-31/new-sony-software-head-to-help-bring-company-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News.com reports on the recent appointment of American Tim Schaaff to the new role of senior vice president of software development, where he will head the company&#8217;s various Japanese divisions in an attempt to overcome duplication of effort and incompatibilities. Schaaff was formerly head of Apple&#8217;s QuickTime engineering team.
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		<title>Robot exhibition begins</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-01/robot-exhibition-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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The Japan Times reports that the 2005 International Robot Exhibition began its four-day biannual event Wednesday. The recent move of robots outside of manufacturing to various other purposes is noted, such as cleaning and security jobs. Not mentioned is the compulsion for every Japanese company to make their robots look cute &#8212; something well-demonstrated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer electronics sales up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increase of 9.2% in October makes for the third straight monthly rise, reports Kyodo News.
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		<title>Sanyo to scale back operations</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-11-19/sanyo-to-scale-back-operations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to huge estimated losses, Sanyo plans to greatly reduce the size of its television and appliance operations, reports Kyodo News and The Japan Times. The company may also spin off or sell its semiconductor division, the most unprofitable part of the company.
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		<title>Despite production elsewhere, &#8216;Made in Japan&#8217; still makes sense</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-11-19/despite-production-elsewhere-made-in-japan-still-makes-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, in the face of offshore production &#8216;Made in Japan&#8217; is commonly associated with Japanese consumers (and many Westerners as well) with high-quality merchandise. Aside from the marketing advantage, however, in many cases domestic production in Japan still makes good business sense for technology products, Asahi Shimbun reports. This has been the experience of Hewlett [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another joint chip plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, Matsushita, and Resesas Technology to set up a ¥200 billion (US $1.68 billion), reports Reuters.
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		<title>Sony &amp; NEC form joint venture for optical drives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony and NEC set up a joint venture joining their optical disc drive operations, to start operating in April of next year producing DVD and CD drives. This is a strange move, for a couple of reasons: first, the industry will begin moving toward next-generation disc drives around that time, and second, Sony and NEC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanyo on the down and out</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-11-18/sanyo-on-the-down-and-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanyo is expected to forecast a net loss of ¥230 billion (US $1.93 billion) for this year, an increase from ¥140 billion in September, which was again an increase from ¥92 billion in April. Executive Director Satoshi Iue, the son of the company&#8217;s founder, is expected to resign to take responsibility for the company&#8217;s losses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba &amp; NEC partner on semiconductors</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-11-10/toshiba-nec-partner-on-semiconductors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba and NEC have partnered to share costs to create the technology necessary for the next generation of semiconductor technology, which will reach as low as 45-nanometer circuit width. This via the Associated Press.
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