31.   Other gainers included major electronics, banking and brokerage issues.

32.   Profits at major electronics manufacturers might also be jeopardized if semiconductor prices remain at their current lows, the bank said.

33.   Recent job cuts by major Japanese electronics makers threaten to further hurt the outlook for jobs and consumption.

34.   Shares of major electronics exporters such as Sony Corp. and TDK Corp. were among the biggest gainers.

35.   Share prices fell almost across the board, led by major electronics and auto issues.

36.   Shares of major electronics manufacturers such as Sony Corp. sank in line with declines in American high-tech issues on Wall Street on Tuesday.

37.   Telephone maker Kanda Tsushin Kogyo, an affiliate of the major electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd., produced the machine with a urologist Hiroki Watanabe.

38.   Texas Instruments Inc. on Wednesday lost a court appeal claiming that major Japanese electronics company Fujitsu Ltd. had infringed on its semiconductor patent.

39.   The Nikkei index relinquished early gains by railway and major electronics stocks.

40.   The Nikkei slid at the start of trading, but bounced back as investors bought major electronics and telecommunications stocks.