Thomson's test card: Europe's electronics industry
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Alain Prestat's debt-ridden Thomson Consumer Electronics (TCE) faces daunting challenges as it strives to return to profitability. TCE's losses in 1992 may exceed $300 million, and competitor Philips may gain an advantage with its new technologies and aggressive turnaround strategy.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Some chicken: Taiwan's MTI
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MTI, a Taiwanese telecommunications equipment firm, net profits of $290 million last year, and its stock is a favorite among foreign investors.The success of the relatively small firm is based on inexpensive labor and innovative market selection.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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The fruitful, tangled trees of knowledge
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Data networks are challenging telephone companies' supremacy in the communications industry. Digital information requires a different network system than telephones. Internet Communications Corp, the biggest computer network, is also discussed.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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