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Retailers slash prices to entice holiday shoppers NEW YORK - Shoppers hit the stores early Friday to return unwanted gifts and take advantage of drastic price cuts offered by retailers desperate to get rid of old merchandise and boost their less-than-cheery holiday sales.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 Christmas   Source:(AP)   2008-12-26 Pioneer to stop making plasma panels Pioneer Corp. will stop making plasma display panels in an effort to turn around its money-losing business, the Japanese electronics maker said Friday.   Nations:South Korea   2008-03-07 Pioneer to stop making 42-inch plasma panels Pioneer Corp (6773.T) plans to stop making 42-inch plasma display panels and instead procure panels that size and smaller from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd (6752.T) or Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), the Asahi newspaper reported.   2008-02-24 Global flat TV demand to double by 2012: Japan group Demand for flat panel televisions is expected to more than double to 180 million units by 2012, driven by strong sales in China and the United States, a Japanese industry group said.   Nations:Japan U.S. China   2008-02-21 Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV Nearly half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV, a survey -- perhaps unsurprisingly carried out for a firm selling televisions -- said on Friday.   Nations:U.K.   2008-02-08 Headlines Retailers slash prices to entice holiday shoppers 2008-12-26 Pioneer to stop making plasma panels 2008-03-07 Pioneer to stop making 42-inch plasma panels 2008-02-24 Global flat TV demand to double by 2012: Japan group 2008-02-21 Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV 2008-02-08 Video: Panasonic 150" plasma screen (CES 2008) 2008-01-08 Matsushita's Panasonic and Google to launch Internet TVs 2008-01-07 Matsushita introduces 150-inch TV 2008-01-07 JVC unveils "thinnest" LCDs, TV with iPod dock 2008-01-07 Pioneer to show ultra-black plasma TV 2008-01-06 Most-viewed Retailers slash prices to entice holiday shoppers 2008-12-26 Video: Panasonic 150" plasma screen (CES 2008) 2008-01-08

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