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LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 09: Panasonic Corporation of North America Chairman and CEO Joseph M. Taylor speaks during a Panasonic press event at The Venetian for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual...

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A woman walks past a show window displaying Panasonic Corp's DIGA Blu-ray and DVD recorders outside an electronics store in Tokyo October 31, 2011. Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp slashed its annual outlook to a $5.5 billion net loss on Monday, its worst in a decade, as...

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A man looks at Panasonic Corp's Viera televisions displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo October 31, 2011. Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp slashed its annual outlook to a $5.5 billion net loss on Monday, its worst in a decade, as restructuring costs soared and weak demand...

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo delivers a keynote speech at CEATEC JAPAN 2011 electronics show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 4, 2011. The IT & Electronics comprehensive exhibition goes on till October 8.

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Takumi Kajisha, Managing Executive Office of Panasonic Corporation, announces a new partnership with the IOC and Olympic Broadcast Services.

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Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo attends a news conference in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Japan's Panasonic Corp forecast a record annual net loss of $10.2 billion on Friday, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red ink as they struggle to fix their broken TV businesses...

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Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo (L) and managing director Makoto Uenoyama bow their heads after a news conference in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Japan's Panasonic Corp forecast a record annual net loss of $10.2 billion on Friday, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red...

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A man walks past an advertisement board of Panasonic outside an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit...

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Panasonic's logo is seen on a wall of an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its...

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Men look at Panasonic's TV sets at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 3, 2012. Panasonic Corp is likely to forecast a record net annual loss of more than $9.2 billion, local media reported on Friday, as it tallies the cost of trying to fix its broken TV unit and writes down its Sanyo...

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A man walks past advertisements of Olympus Corp (L) and Panasonic Corp outside an electronics store in Tokyo January 12, 2012. Olympus said on Thursday it was considering various options for reform but nothing had been decided, following a Japanese newspaper report that it was...

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A man is reflected on a signboard at Panasonic Corp's showroom in Tokyo July 28, 2011. Panasonic Corp posted a 93 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, hammered by production difficulties following the devastating March 11 earthquake in northeast Japan.

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A man walks past washing machines of Panasonic Corp and its Sanyo Electric unit displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo July 28, 2011. China's Haier Group Co will buy Panasonic's Sanyo Electric washing machine and refrigerator units in Japan and Southeast Asia for about $130 million,...

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo (L) speaks to the media after a news conference in Tokyo May 26, 2011.

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo attends a news conference in Tokyo May 26, 2011.

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo speaks during an interview in Tokyo Friday, May 20, 2011. Panasonic faces a tough road this year after Japan's earthquake and tsunami but Ohtsubo said he believed the company can turn disaster into opportunity as the country rethinks its energy...

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo attends a group interview in Tokyo May 20, 2011. Ohtsubo said on Friday that he sees the current financial year as an extremely tough one for the electronics giant, with the effects of the devastating March earthquake and tsunami continuing to...

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Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo attends a press conference at the Japan's biggest home appliance maker's headquarters in Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Panasonic is cutting about 17,000 jobs worldwide over two years as its losses swell from restructuring costs...

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CORRECTS FAMILY NAME - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Ohtsubo attends a press conference at the Japan's biggest home appliance maker's headquarters in Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Panasonic is cutting about 17,000 jobs worldwide over two years as its losses swell...

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People walk past a Panasonic Corp signboard at the company's offices in Tokyo in this December 10, 2008 file photo. Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp will slash 40,000 jobs over the next two years in a bid to pare costs and keep up with ever-tougher competition from...

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Panasonic Corp's microwave is pictured outside a wrecked house in Higashi-Matsushima, in Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan March 23, 2011, nearly two weeks after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Makoto Uenoyama, executive in charge of accounting and finance of Japan's Panasonic Corporation, answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2011. Japan's Panasonic on July 28 reported a $390 million net loss for the April-June quarter, citing the impact of the...

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A man inspects Panasonic TVs at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Panasonic Corp. stayed in the red in the latest quarter and projected a huge annual loss due to slumping TV sales and the strong yen.

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A man and a clerk looks around Panasonic's plasma TV sets at an electronics shop in Tokyo October 20, 2011. Panasonic Corp will reduce plasma TV panel production and lay off about 1,000 people, a source told Reuters on Thursday, as its loss-making television unit struggles to compete...

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The tagline is the "First 3D Live Production of the Olympic Games, Powered by Panasonic". (From left) Mr Manolo Romero, CEO of OBS, Takumi Kajisha, Managing Executive Office of Panasonic Corporation, and Mr Vincent Chupin, Executive VP of IOC.