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Three major Japanese electronics makers _ Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba _ reported mixed results Tuesday for their fiscal first quarters, with Matsushita the only one to increase earnings in a period marked by a stronger yen and dropping gadget prices.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Fumio Otsubo attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, April 28, 2008. Profit at Osaka-based Matsushita for the April-June period nearly doubled from the previous year on solid global demand for...
