71.   Home electronics makers Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. were also among the most active stocks.

72.   Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, will scale back its European operations and halve the number of employees.

73.   Hitachi, the Japanese electronics maker, is developing the computers that will be the brains of the appliance.

74.   Image Entertainment has struck a deal with Thomson Consumer Electronics, the big international electronics products maker, to provide the software for a new digital video disc system.

75.   Imperial Chemical Industries Plc, brewer and hotel operator Bass Plc, electronics maker Siebe Plc and publisher Dorling Kindersley Holdings Plc, have all said profit may fall.

76.   In December, electronics makers project production declines.

77.   In addition, more companies, especially auto and electronics makers, are shifting production overseas to escape exchange rate losses and exploit cheaper labor costs.

78.   In TOKYO, stocks gained, led by shares in electronics makers, after the government said machinery orders grew more than expected in May.

79.   In TOKYO, Japanese stocks traded mixed as electronics makers such as Sony Corp. fell on concern corporate earnings growth will slow.

80.   Investors were betting the consumer electronics maker will post better-than-expected results when it reports group earnings after markets close tomorrow.