sanyo became a subsidiary of panasonic in 2009. sanyo has been in a tie-up in haier in home appliance development. the move is part of panasonic's efforts to streamline operations that overlap with its own. the sale to haier comes ahead of the final integration of the overall businesses early next year. >>> here's a recap now of the latest market figures. krk that's all for now in business. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the operator of the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant it's withdrawing to technology to turkey. turkey plans to build four reactors on the coast. toshiba is seeking construction rights. tokyo electric power company had earlier planned to provide technical help on the project but now says it will focus on compensating victims of the fukushima nuclear accident including those forced to evacuate. a consortium including the japanese government and tepco appears likely to receive a order to build nuclear reactors in vietnam. senior tepco official juichi matsumoto told reporters it will conti

panasonic's new l.e.d. light can be recharged with a solar efficiency panel measuring 6 by 13 centimeters. it glows for nearly 60 hours when charged. it can store electricity and power a radio or other appliances. the company has also released a small storage battery that weighs about three kilograms and can be used as an emergency power source at home. panasonic director yukio says it has changed. >> it's entering a new stage and a new dimension. we thought what we could do with our technology and came up with these products. >> the competition for home appliances for emergency use is expected to heat up as other makers are also entering the market. >>> and to cope with the possible power shortages, the government has asked businesses and homes to cut their power consumption by 15% from last year's peak demand. a survey shows that about half the firms are confident they can meet that target. >>> private research firm teikoku conducted the survey late last month. it collected responses from about 4,900 firm

toshiba says sales fell more than 8% and panasonic dropped 11% and fujitsu dropped almost 6%. another factor for the decline is disruption of output by the march 11 disaster. the three companies said the dollar exchange rate for earnings are between 80 and 85 yen. they say their businesses will be under more pressure if the dollar stays below 80 yen. trance tans . >> translator: if the yen stays strong we cannot offset the impact by cost-cutting alone and must reconsider our export dependent business mod model in japan. >> now time for a recast latest market figures. >>> that's all for new in business. back to shery. >> slunl water at facilities is containing radio active seesz yum rulting from plant. >> forming 49,000 tons of sludge has been found. a total of 1600 found, fukushima. contain -- at a water treatment facility in fukushima. the ministry says three fourths of it is stored at water treatment plants with no way it dispose of it. it says more than 54,000 tons is yet to be check ford radio activity. the ministry continues to study to how to dispose of the radio active

panasonic is set to unveil a new product on tuesday while toshiba may launch its batteries before early next year, which was the plan under a previous announcement. and now let's get at recap of the latest market figures. >> that's all for now in business news. >>> and welcome back to your weather update. we're looking at the weather in east asia. we're talk act the seasonal front that produces moisture right below it. heavy rain to japan yesterday, and it's still continuing to be pretty active again today, and really across the country, still very unstable conditions. so while the widespread persistent rain has eased, there's still going to be the chance of some stronger thunderstorms, especially in the morning hours. they could pop-up anywhere, so you do want to watch out for periodic heavy downpours that could develop very quickly. as we head into the later part of the day, it will start getting wet again in southern portions of the country, and then that same rain front will bring you more rain towards the central slice of china as well. and remaining heavy in towards inland areas o

as they get informed against the dollar carmaker hong that is down one point eight percent while panasonic is almost two percent in the red. and here in moscow the markets will start the trading day in just one hour both the arts yes and then my stocks closed in the red on wednesday and the drop was mainly supported by we conclude that well after u.s. government report showed an unexpected increase in inventories. city goes to video from the deutsche bank says the holiday season and the uncertainty over the u.s. that ceiling means trading will be flat for the near future. my shoulder of course from our america. and the progress of his ocean over us does but i think it will be a part of the quite as well the rest of the way for g.p.l. . but you there are some you will see that kind of there is progress in negotiations with the republicans and democrats on. of course the kids but i feel thing that the more from the west side. nothing serious will go on with. the ruble has reached the three year high against the euro dollar currency baskets the growth of russia's money is made increasing unce

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as they began firmly against the dollar carmaker along does that sound one point eight percent or panasonic is almost two percent in the red. pen here in moscow both markets are now open and they are mixed the r.t.s. says down point seven percent and my sex as well fifty one percent but let's take a look at some individual moves on the my sax all majors brown's rack combines lace losses would cross left out around a quarter of a percent meanwhile precious metal miner putting mats on the race previous gains this point stronger gold and banking stocks are also on the question of its burbank almost going through for signs in the red. but markets have been treading water for days here in russia so he gets the better from deutsche bank says even for the investor team to be involved there are not many growth stories right now. investors who could grow stocks and growth stocks. to my record go stocks like everything else banks listening stocks might be interesting but i think you know because the actual cleaved and western. to buy a long term perspective on the maybe also for the wisest sector may

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performers in tokyo as the yen firm against the dollar carmaker honda lost one point eight percent small panasonic and that almost two percent in the red meanwhile hang sunday and point thirty percent by the end of the trading day. and in europe markets are in negative territory for a fourth day now the financial sector is struggling after goldman sachs downgraded and the birth of european banks due to the limits of prospects for loan growth. and here in moscow the markets bounced back from earlier losses and are gaining this hour the artsy as is almost a third of a precise and my stock says up. and forty four percent there let's take a look at some individual names on the why sex all majors bounce back from once those losses go to frost left up around point seven percent russia's pharmaceutical giant farm standard is also supported by music has increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year precious metal my no problem at all is point eight percent in the red this by stronger gold. most people don't off on their all of those this week probably aren't heading for the north caucasus

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on the chaos as the yen firmly against the dollar carmaker home was down one point eight percent panasonic is almost super science and the red. i'm here in moscow of the arts yes the open in the red at standing previous losses my stocks will start trading shortly closed almost a percent down on wednesday and the drop was mainly supported by we could prove that fell after u.s. government report showed an unexpected encrease and events words. so the case of letter from deutsche bank says the holiday season and the uncertainty over the u.s. that season means trading will be flat for the near future and much will depend. on america. and the progress of the solution of real threats but it will be quite as well in response wait for june. but you've got some useful credibility. negotiations with the republicans and democrats from the group with of course the greed of the i feel think that the most of the rest of the creations and nothing serious will go on we call them. and the ruble has reached the floor here high against the euro dollar currency basket the growth of russia's money is mainly due

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this donation will pay for 11 panasonic tough book laptops. >> these computers will maximize the effectiveness of oakland police. >> mayor gene quan says she would like to find more corporate donations to buy more laptops. >>> our julie haener is live in the newsroom with some of the stories we're working on for ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> the grinch almost stole christmas for bay area officers. >>> and a whale circling the river is improving tonight. the find scientists made today and how the whale may have helped herself. >>> plus the new clue police have on the search of a group of robbers who took over a vallejo bank. all of these stories and more are coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> uc berkeley researchers have found why so called flying lemurs travel by gliding from tree to try. scientists found that they can travel faster. but gliding is an unefficient means to travel. it takes 15% more energy because the lemurs first have to climb trees to get to the proper position for gliding. >>> this has been a pretty nice week, kind of steady as she goes, over to chief meteorologist bill mar

dollars, panasonic lost 390 million, sharp 630 million, nintendo 327 million u.s. dollars. and they are just symptomatic. if you read through all of the different various reports, you see this repeated theme again and again. it's not just the march 11th disaster but it is also the currency, the world currency and that being the u.s. dollar sinking. it is not helping these manufacturers who have to live and die by the global currency and that being the u.s. dollar. manufacturers in japan when they repatriate are suffering under the strong yen and the u.s. dollar. what we are seeing is major downward pressure on the u.s. dollar. the reason for the downward pressure is all of this debate, the uncertainly out of what's going to happen in washington, d.c. that in effect is translating not just to weak corporate profits but also to an impact on the overall economy here in japan. the governor of the region where many of these manufacturers are based said that he believes that it's not just hurting the manufacturers but this is an urgent problem for the national government and econ

panasonic, down 390 million. sharp down 630 million and nintendo says they lost in that quarter 327 million u.s. dollars. why? well, partially because of the march 11th earthquake. they are still trying to recover from the poor sales and the supply problems. the other theme we keep seeing over and over again from these electronics companies is the currency problem. the u.s. dollar is sinking. sinking very rapidly in these last six weeks. u.s. manufacturers, just like japanese manufacturers all operate on the u.s. dollar. and so when japanese manufacturers then have to repatriate these funds here, they lose if the dollar is sinking and the yen is rising. what is pushing the dollar down is all of that u.s. debt ceiling talk, the uncertainty, the world markets are in havoc. what that's translating to, ali, a lot of concern, a lot of corporate loss and concern this is now really going to affect japan's economy. ali? >> kyung lah, joining us live from tokyo. >>> the economy is the talk of the nation. and jay leno want

entitled, where jobs were lost, citing specific taa certifications, companies like general electric, panasonic, and intel, portland-area employers that have laid off workers. the u.s. department of labor has certified they were due to free trade agreements. i ask everybody, if taa is good for trade and committees, who needs enemies? clearly, if we continue to provide special benefits for a particular class of workers, something has to be done to stop subsidizing antitrade propaganda, which this certainly is, the question. -- no question. my amendment would require the department of labour to develop a plan to better educate the american worker and taa- certified employs about the overall effect of international trade on the u.s. economy. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. it is a step in the right direction and would certainly help justify what we're trying to do with these trade agreements. >> any discussion? >> mr. chairman, i don't want to subsidize antitrade propaganda. i don't think we want to subsidize pro-trade propaganda either. >> that is what we're doing. >> that seems t