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

12.   Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell Friday morning, buffeted by a poor fiscal report by a top Japanese electronics maker, traders said.

13.   Shares of top electronics manufacturers such as Sony Corp. sank after American high-tech shares declined on Wall Street Tuesday.

14.   That scandal has since spread to other Japanese brokerages, as well as several top electronics companies, a major bank and an automaker.

15.   Top electronics companies are rapidly losing their competitive pricing edge against growing Asian rivals.

16.   Top electronics companies, such as NEC Corp., Hitachi and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., have been hit especially hard and expect huge losses.

17.   When companies trim their work force, as top electronics manufacturers have been forced to do lately, consumption slows.