Business
Acquisitions: Garden Grove and El Segundo companies sell in move to consolidate sagging electronics-distribution industry.
Oct. 2, 1998
Technology and the Internet
Sounding more like a Democrat in Congress than a leading Japanese businessman, Sony Chairman Akio Morita warned that the United States must erase its huge budget deficit and reverse the erosion of its industrial base.
Sept. 16, 1985
The first ambassador of California’s fledgling electric-vehicle industry comes out of the workshop today.
Dec. 1, 1992
This is how Lin Yang-kang, acting on the noblest Confucian principles, inadvertently helped to create the $20-billion Taiwanese computer industry: In 1980, when he was interior minister under the martial-law Nationalist regime, Lin grew concerned that Pac-Man and other video arcade games were corrupting Taiwan’s youth.
Dec. 21, 1995
World & Nation
As the Clinton Administration wrestles with reforming the nation’s health care system, a panel of industry experts Thursday described the present system as a mishmash of disconnected components that must integrate to survive.
Feb. 5, 1993
Autos
General Motors, expanding its stake in the fledgling South Korean auto industry, said Thursday that it has formed two more joint ventures with Daewoo Group, a large Korean conglomerate, to produce auto parts in Korea beginning next year.
Sept. 13, 1985
Economy: Suppliers face a decline in consumer spending, fears of a long war and auto makers’ production cuts.
Oct. 21, 2001
Technology Blog
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Oct. 22, 2009
The election-year collapse of Taiwan Aerospace’s $2-billion bid for 40% of McDonnell Douglas’ commercial airplane business will force U.S. decision-makers to confront fundamen tal industrial-policy issues they would rather ignore.
May 24, 1992
One justification frequently cited by European officials for their stringent anti-dumping policy is the pressure it has brought to bear on Japanese manufacturing industry to step up its job-creating investment in Europe.
March 27, 1989