61.   The deal was the latest in a series of multimillion-dollar investments in Packard Bell by the Japanese electronics giant and Groupe Bull of France.

62.   The defective instructions were actually designed by NEC, another Japanese electronics company.

63.   The company follows other Japanese electronics makers that plan to enter U.S. PC markets, as worldwide sales of consumer electronics stagnate and PC sales explode.

64.   The Japanese electronics giant suffered from the falling demand for chips and telecoms equipment.

65.   The Japanese electronics makers said good performances by their overseas subsidiaries helped offset sluggish sales at home.

66.   The machine, designed and manufactured by the Japanese electronics firm NEC, arrived at its new home in Fairbanks, Alaska, recently, with little fanfare.

67.   The Japanese electronics companies, like Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Awai, began the return of big signs by major consumer-products to Times Square.

68.   The Japanese electronics company said the order came from two Brazilian phone companies, Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA and Telecomunicacoes do Rio de Janeiro SA.

69.   The politically sensitive trade deficits with China and Japan, however, both widened as Americans snapped up Chinese clothing and shoes, and Japanese electronics and autos.

70.   The rise in New York, led by computer-related stocks, boosted Japanese electronics exporters, which had followed New York down for two days.