AMSTERDAM, Jan 29- Philips Electronics agreed to sell its audio and video business to Japan's Funai Electric Co for 150 million euros, quitting a traditional sector to focus on its more profitable home appliances and healthcare operations.
WASHINGTON, Jan 23- A U.S. trade panel on Wednesday gave final approval to anti-dumping duties on hundreds of millions of dollars of residential washing machines from Mexico and South Korea in a case brought by American manufacturer Whirlpool.
*China data slightly tops consensus, beta plays lead gains. HONG KONG, Jan 18- Hong Kong shares hit a 19-1/ 2- month high on Friday, while China posted a first gain in three days after better-than-expected data showed the world's second-largest economy snapped seven-straight quarters of declining economic growth.
HONG KONG, Jan 18- Hong Kong shares climbed to a new 19-1/ 2- month high on Friday, while the onshore Chinese market is set for its first gain in three days after data showed China snapped seven-straight quarters of declining economic growth. The China Enterprises index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong spiked 1.6 percent.
NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world's largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.
*Critics say Wal-Mart underpays its workers. NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world's largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.
NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in such areas as sporting goods and high-end appliances in a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.
LONDON, Jan 9- The LED lighting industry is set to dominate the global market more than a century after its discovery, benefitting from a widespread ban of conventional incandescent bulbs and as the market share of competing green replacements fade.
*Staples like autos, appliances to benefit alongside discretionary. TORONTO, Nov 29- While fear of the U.S. fiscal cliff promises to hold financial markets hostage at least to year-end, a surge in Black Friday shopping and a recovery in the U.S. housing market has Canadian investors looking to a few consumer-fed stocks for potential growth.