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* The Quebec, Canada, provincial government threatened to sue video game makers Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. if they do not provide French-language versions of their popular products by New Year’s Eve. Products include “Pikachu” and “Super Mario” as well as Pokemon cards, distributed in Canada by a unit of Hasbro Inc.

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