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Liberty AV Solutions (formerly known as Liberty Wire & Cable) acquires Intelix LLC, a Wisconsin-based company best known to integrators as the manufacturer of a/v baluns and HDMI switching products.
http://www.intelix.com/press/110608_Wesco_Release.html
Panasonic has reported that they are diversifying their business model to include renewable energy products including photovoltaic solar panels and lithium ion batteries.
Panasonic reported that their television unit has lost money for three straight years. In the article, it mentions Japanese electronics manufacturers' troubles with power supply components among other factors such as shifts in the value of the Yen.
(this is the first time I have heard any official mention of this power supply issue)