Solectron to Take Over Manufacturing
Of Some Mitsubishi Electric Products
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Solectron Corp., Milpitas, Calif., said Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent to take over manufacturing of cellular-phone products for Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Japan. The company said the five-year deal, involving the purchase of production lines at a Mitsubishi factory in Georgia, could add as much as $150 million in annual revenue.
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In recent years, American companies have increasingly found profit in hiring manufacturing specialists to provide soup-to-nuts services. Solectron, for instance, has taken over some of the manufacturing plants of International Business Machines Corp. and NCR Corp. this year alone. More recently, European companies also have begun to hand off some factories to U.S. specialists
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From NY TIMES
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IMHO: Interesting article - please read
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Meditation and Decoration: Om for the Home
"According to the Chinese, moving water brings good luck and serenity," designer Diane Von Furstenberg said. Of course, money often brings serenity, too, and she is one of many people of means who have devoted a room to pursue it through meditation.
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Even those who don't have the resources to devote a whole room to meditation, can transcend their earthly concerns as successfully as the rich and famous.
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Microsoft Must Show Source Code
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft is under federal court order to surrender part of its blueprints for Windows 95 to a rival in Utah that filed an antitrust case largely paralleling the government's landmark lawsuit. |
