US approves import ban on some Sharp TVs, displays

The U.S. is banning the import of televisions and other goods containing certain liquid crystal display devices manufactured by Japan's Sharp Corp.

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Sharp forecasts bigger loss amid global slowdown

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. is forecasting a bigger loss than first anticipated for the fiscal year ended March, blaming the global recession, a clean out of inventory and restructuring costs.

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Layoff survival: Ways to keep your skills sharp

Losing a job can mean losing more than just a paycheck. Without some planning, an extended layoff can cause job skills to fade and make someone less attractive to potential employers.

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Obama spokesman says sharp tone is justified

President Barack Obama's spokesman is defending the sharper tone Obama is taking to push his economic stimulus plan through Congress.

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Sharp to cut 1,500 jobs, forecasts annual loss

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Friday it will cut 1,500 contract workers in Japan by the end of March, and is headed for a billion dollar annual loss, its first in nearly 60 years.

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Sharp fined for fixing display panel prices

Japan's fair trade watchdog on Thursday slapped Sharp Corp. with a 261 million yen ($3 million) fine for fixing prices of liquid crystal display panels used for Nintendo's popular DS portable game machines.

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Sharp says mulling LCD production cut

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Thursday it may cut production of liquid crystal display panels, as global demand falters for personal computers and mobile phones.

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Sharp's profit down 35 percent on weak cell phones

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Thursday its profit dropped 35.3 percent in the six months to September, hit by sluggish domestic demand for mobile phone handsets and a strong yen.

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Sharp's Profit Edges Higher

Sharp Corp. saw net profit grow 3.8 percent in the October-December quarter owing to increased profits in its liquid crystal display and chip businesses, the major manufacturer of LCD televisions said Friday.

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Samsung Seeks US Probe of Rival Sharp

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it filed a complaint with American authorities over alleged unfair trade practices by Japanese rival Sharp Corp., fueling an intensifying legal battle over flat panel technology.

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Sharp Teaming Up With Toshiba for LCDs

Japanese electronics rivals Toshiba and Sharp are joining forces in the liquid crystal display business, company officials said Friday, the latest development in the intensifying competition in flat-panel TVs.

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Sharp Sues Samsung in Korea Over LCDs

Sharp Corp. sued Samsung of South Korea Wednesday for alleged patent violations on its liquid crystal displays, demanding damages and a halt to manufacturing and sales.

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WA State Troopers Named Best Dressed

It's a look that lead-foot drivers know all too well: the crisp black bow tie and blue "Smokey Bear" hat of a Washington State Patrol trooper.

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Hot Rhetoric in Washington

Some of the sharp rhetoric between Republicans and Democrats in recent days:

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Gun-Toting Granny Still Firing at Age 82

Not even triple-bypass surgery has kept Rita Roherty from the shotgun shooting that has been her life's passion. The 82-year-old great-grandmother underwent surgery last year, and then recovered to win a bronze medal in the women's shooting division of the Badger State Games in June.

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Colbert is humorous in describing his experience with the President.

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Sharp has just launched their EL-T100W calculator which they refer to as the 'Brain Trainer' since it includes "fun" drills and quizzes that are designed to measure your brain age just like the games available for the Nintendo DS do.

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It isn't really our area of expertise, but we've gotten word that Microsoft will unleash two new Smartphones, probably at CES in January 2010.

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Barak is in the House

Something I've noticed about Barak Obama: We finally have an adult in the white house.

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The consolidation process in the Japanese home electronics business goes on and on. Today former rivals Sharp and Sony said [JP] they reached a final agreement to launch an LCD panel joint venture in Osaka, after having failed to ink the deal last month.

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Augmented reality uses the device's GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we've highlighted before.

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PORT ST. LUCIE --- Packets of recently developed pictures that were abandoned in carts of stolen merchandise at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in St. Lucie West helped officials track down two alleged thieves, according to a police report released Friday.

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Dr. Richard Sharpe, the cross-dressing doctor convicted of murdering his estranged wife Karen in November 2001 was founded hanged in his prison cell at the MCI Norfolk Monday evening, state corrections officials said.

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"Sharp expects to record extraordinary losses of around ¥43.2 billion (US$475 million) this year as a result of writedowns in the value of stock it holds in other companies, it said Tuesday.

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Prices for the flat screens in televisions, personal computers and cellphones have plummeted in recent years — but the decline would have been even faster if it hadn't been for an international price-fixing cartel, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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A summary of the arguments raised by each of the candidates for the White House from the latest tump spehes and appearances in battleground states.

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Race: Apologia for McCain's Isolationist Campaign

War and economic issues have no racial boundaries in America.

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity.

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Sure, you blank on a name now and then, and sometimes you can't remember where you put your keys. But that doesn't mean your steel-trap mind is doomed to turn into a colander as you get older.

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According to HD Guru, Sony's not content with its less-than-number-one status in flat panels, so it's planning to claw its way back into consumers' hearts with deep price cuts on all of its 2008 models next month.

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Despite this apparent success, Japan is actually losing the global mobile-phone market. Among the top seven manufacturers, only one is Japanese—Sony Ericsson, at fourth place (and that's a joint venture with a Swedish firm).

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Sony and Sharp have forged an alliance to help them meet the growing demand for liquid crystal display televisions. Sony is to take a one-third stake in Sharp's $3.5bn (£1.8bn) LCD panel factory, which is due to be completed in March 2010.

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He can see the funny side now. But bank manager Tony Sharp wasn't laughing when he fell victim to a fake kidnapping devised by a friend intent on making his 40th birthday one to remember.

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The Korean electronics company unveils sleek plasma and LCD sets it hopes will rival Sharp, Samsung, and Sony models in the digital TV stakes.

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Commonly referred to as the "willy fish" by natives, it is feared because it is attracted to urine, and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the vagina, rectum, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra) and because of spines protruding from the fish, it is …

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The Sharp EM ONE Pocket PC is a complete phone with 3.6Mbps HSDPA data connectivity. It's powered by a Marvell 520MHz PXA270 processor and Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC operating system.

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This is an outstanding phone on the styling front but the specifications could be a lot better, why do they always make phones look brilliant but then they decide to forget the insides, the new Special Edition Sharp 770SH McLaren Mercedes Phone is good but not that good would you …

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This mega monster of a TV unveiled the biggest LCD TV. This even beats out that 103-inch plasma spotted about a year ago.

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Recent findings in materials research done on sabers from the Damascus region dating to as far back as 900 AD suggest that the metal may be infused with nanotubes, a complex string-like form of carbon.

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