[$$] Konica to quit cameras, film (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
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January 19, 2006
Konica Minolta to Leave Camera Business (AP)
Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will pull out of its money-losing camera business and will sell part of a plant, development knowledge and other assets for digital cameras to Sony Corp.
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January 18, 2006
Sony-Ericsson’s chief predicts healthy year (at FT.com)
The head of Sony -Ericsson, one of the top five mobile phone makers, said on Wednesday that the global mobile phone market is expected to remain healthy this year but growth will halve to about 10 per cent.
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Asian Shares Fall Amid Oil Price Jitters (AP)
Most Asian markets fell Wednesday as rising oil prices and a tumble in Tokyo spooked investors across the region. Trading in Japan ended early for the first time because of a surge in transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where the Nikkei 225 index plunged for a second day, dropping 2.9 percent amid jitters about a probe of Internet startup Livedoor Co.
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