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Panasonic plans battery mega factory with Tesla: report Japan's Panasonic and California-based electric-vehicle venture Tesla Motors are in talks to build a $1 billion automotive battery plant in the United States.

26 February 2014

Panasonic to slash chip business workforce in half: reports Panasonic is set to cut its chip division workforce in half, axing thousands of jobs as the electronics giant overhauls its battered balance sheet after record losses.

24 October 2013

Panasonic to exit plasma TV display business: report Panasonic will stop making plasma television screens by early next year, a report said Wednesday, as the struggling electronics giant undergoes a huge corporate overhaul.

09 October 2013

Panasonic, Sanyo fined $56 mn for price-fixing: US Japan's Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have each pleaded guilty to price-fixing involving auto parts and battery cells, agreeing to pay $56.5 million in fines.

19 July 2013

Japan broadcasters ban Panasonic 'smart' TV commercial Japanese broadcasters are refusing to air commercials for Panasonic's new "smart" television, the manufacturer said Monday, amid speculation they feel threatened by its combined TV-Internet function.

08 July 2013

Panasonic to shrink TV business, exit plasma: report Embattled Japanese electronics giant Panasonic plans to scale down its television business and withdraw from manufacturing plasma displays.

18 March 2013

TVs get bigger, bolder, smarter at CES show TV makers showing off their new wares at a huge trade fair will seek to dazzle consumers with bigger, bolder displays, and smarter technologies for consumers who want television to be a "multiscreen" experience.

09 January 2013

Panasonic shares plunge after loss forecast Shares in Panasonic dived nearly 20 percent Thursday after the Japanese firm warned of a mammoth $9.6 billion annual loss in the latest sign of trouble for the nation's hard-hit electronics giants.

01 November 2012