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Hitachi has to pay $31 million fine for price fixing

Hitachi Displays was hit with a $31 million fine for conspiring to fix the prices of LCD panel displays. The fine was agreed upon by the Japan based electronics maker Hitachi and the U.S. Justice Department. It has admitted to fixing the prices of Dell …

Is the Prius a hard sell now?

Now that gas prices are under $2.00 a gallon, are people  still buying the Prius? According to the AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson, no.
From CNBC.com:
“I was turning down Priuses in March and Japan was sending them to other countries. I was taking Cadillac Escalades in trade …

Nintendo DSi

The Nintendo DSi is being released in Japan starting today. The DSi, will be slimmer and have larger screens than the DS lite. There has been no release dates for those in the US looking for the sleeker Nintendo hand held…However, we did just …

Panasonic announces plans to purchase Sanyo

The buyout Sanyo by fellow Japanese electronics maker Panasonic will make Panasonic the largest Japanese electronics maker.
Both companies have been seeing hard times due to global economic conditions.

American Autopocalypse?

GM and Chrysler are in talks to merge. They are currently working together on a hybrid automobile, and are talking about a merger or takeover.
The Big 3 American automakers have been struggling for awhile with Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda making more innovative and …