Hitachi's snail-like progress

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Hitachi is a major Japanese company which is the largest of Japan's three major electrical groups, and the company is to report a loss. The group has been slow to carry out restructuring, but plans to shed 4,000 employees by the end of 1998-1999. This will be carried out by shedding workers in subsidiaries not appearing on Hitachi's boks, and not replacing workers who retire. The company has been slow to develop new products, and the reforms will still leave excess capacity.

Management, Electrical equipment and supplies industry, Electric equipment industry, Hitachi Ltd.

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Sowing a high-tech crop

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UK technology firms have learned from US entrepreneurs, and are turning inventions into commercial success, unlike the 1980s when most UK innovations were sold abroad or went nowhere. Several innovative firms have struck deals with manufacturing and marketing partners, and are attracting investors.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, United Kingdom, High technology industry, Drugs, Technology transfer

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The silicon tiger's electric shocker: Asian electronics

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Asian economies produce most of the world's consumer electronics and electronic components. This bodes poorly for Asian economies as electronics prices and demand are expected to continue dropping.

Economic aspects, Prices and rates, Consumer electronics, Asia, Electronics industry

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