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The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Anders Bylund	A Matsushita by Any Other Name Japanese electronics designer Matsushita Electric Industrial will become Panasonic Corp. on Oct. 1, in an effort to unify the company under its best-known brand name.
PC Magazine November 2, 2005	To Do... More Cool Projects to Try Charge any camera lithium ion battery pack with the Lenmar Mach 1 Speed Charger.
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt	Winfried W. Wilcke On Building A Bigger Battery For The Electric Car Winfried W. Wilcke uses nanoscience to boost the storage capacity of electric-car batteries while keeping them lightweight.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Rich Smith	What's Japanese for Horse Hockey? Management sees Matsushita in somebody else's crosshairs. If Panasonic truly wishes to serve its shareholders' interests, it will drop this pill idea.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 Rich Smith	Panasonic's Power Play Matsushita's got a better battery for your buck. If Panasonic can establish its brand as the premium performer in this space, its investors should be well-rewarded.
U.S. CPSC April 23, 2003	Panasonic Consumer Electronics Recall of Battery Packs Battery packs can detach from the power tool unexpectedly and strike the operator or bystander, resulting in injuries.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Kunii & Tashiro	Japan's Tech Comeback Digital appliance sales are sizzling -- but a strong yen could end the party
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BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Moon Ihlwan	South Korea: Plugging Into Batteries In A Big Way Korean investments in plants and research threaten Japan's dominance.
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Fast Company August 8, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt	Per-Ivar Sellergren Talks Electric Power Airplanes Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Per-Ivar Sellergren is helping Volvo put energy storage - both batteries and high-power supercapacitors - in the body panels of cars.
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The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Anders Bylund	Sony Decodes Quarterly Profits While Sony's days of premium price points are long gone, new CEO Howard Stringer seems to be doing a great job of tightening operations. If the improvements continue, things will be looking up for shareholders.
Home Theater June 30, 2008	Panasonic Sets Sights on OLED The race to bring new display technology into a home theater near you has heated up with a report that Panasonic plans to start making OLED TVs in three years.
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BusinessWeek July 16, 2009 Rowley & Hall	A Future Shock for Electric Cars? This summer marks a milestone in green motoring. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motor will soon start selling its $48,000 electric minicar, the i-MiEV, beating out Subaru, Nissan Motor, and China's BYD Auto, all of which have designs on the electric-car market.
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	TI Invests in 3G Handset Venture Chipmaker Texas Instruments, along with Japanese handset makers Matsushita, NEC and Panasonic, said they have formed a joint firm to develop a new 3G platform by 2007.
BusinessWeek February 12, 2009	Start Your Engines Although a mainstream market for electric cars may be a decade or more away, governments and companies worldwide are spending massive amounts of money to gain an edge in supplying batteries for them. Here are some key players.
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The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Alyce Lomax	2006 in Review: Sony There will be many interesting moving parts to watch at Sony as 2007 unfolds. Sony shareholders are certainly hoping for a better year than 2006.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Sascha Segan	Upgrade Your Phone's Battery If you've had your phone for more than a year, you'll be surprised at how much a new battery can liven it up.
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InternetNews September 5, 2006 Michael Hickins	Will a New Battery Snafu Prompt Changes? Problems with batteries made by Panasonic's Japanese parent are endemic of increased power demands and portend changes to the industry.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Sony's Sun and Shadows The electronics giant's first quarter was nice, but some elements remain partly cloudy to investors.
InternetNews February 23, 2007 Brian Livingston	Rechargeable Batteries You Can Rely On A new technology in rechargeable batteries allows you to keep going.
BusinessWeek August 12, 2010 Mariko Yasu	Foreign Makers Tune in to China's TV Market China is poised to become the world's biggest TV market, but foreign brands have difficulty competing there on price.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Anders Bylund	Why I Love This Buyout It gives ON bigger biceps for wrestling a gaggle of global competitors.
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BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Welch & Dawson	Itching To Ditch The Slow Lane To boost hybrids' market share, carmakers must overcome daunting technological hurdles -- most of all, making battery systems smaller, less costly, and more powerful.
U.S. CPSC October 23, 2006	Sony Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Previous Fires These lithium ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 Alex Planes	America's Sad Love Affair With the Electric Car The biggest letdown is still under the hood.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Travis Hoium	This Battery Company Packs a Wallop China's Advanced Battery Technologies is putting American battery manufacturers to shame.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Is Sony Really Turning the Corner? Sony still has an uphill climb in a few segments, but the financial health overall has reached a point where it is apparent that the turnaround is working. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Tinkering at Sanyo The more Sanyo moves away from producing high-tech commodities and toward more cutting-edge, high-margin products such as watchdog robots and battery packs for hybrid cars, the better the company's prospects become.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: So Much For That One Good Year Japan's SEC believes Sanyo hid losses in 2004.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006	Batteries Included The world record for a manned flight powered only by AA batteries was set on 16 July at an airport north of Tokyo.
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