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1 Siemens 37 106,444 -1 5,063 36 2 Samsung Electronics 38 106,007 19 7,986 -4 3 Hitachi 48 98,307 12 -509 0 4 LG 67 82,096 19 2,916 506 5 Matsushita Electric Industrial 72 79,412 2 2,468 33 6 Sony 75 77,682 10 3,235 200 7 Toshiba 91 67,145 10 1,116 -5 8 Hon Hai Precision Industry 132 51,828 28 2,365 29 9 Tyco International 192 37,747 -11 -1,742 -149 10 Royal Philips Electronics 197 37,007 -4 5,705 -16 11 Mitsubishi Electric 210 35,462 8 1,383 32 12 Sharp 261 29,927 12 893 3 13 Schneider Electric 342 23,691 38 2,167 32 14 Emerson Electric 375 22,572 12 2,136 16 15 Sumitomo Electric Industries 383 22,249 9 769 18 16 Whirlpool 436 19,451 5 640 48 17 Sanyo Electric 459 18,243 -8 251 0
1 Siemens 106,444 130,203 2 Samsung Electronics 106,007 99,754 3 Hitachi 98,307 105,800 4 LG 82,096 57,774 5 Matsushita Electric Industrial 79,412 74,784 6 Sony 77,682 126,114 7 Toshiba 67,145 59,634 8 Hon Hai Precision Industry 51,828 26,740 9 Tyco International 37,747 32,815 10 Royal Philips Electronics 37,007 53,136 11 Mitsubishi Electric 35,462 35,014 12 Sharp 29,927 30,876 13 Schneider Electric 23,691 34,019 14 Emerson Electric 22,572 19,680 15 Sumitomo Electric Industries 22,249 22,051 16 Whirlpool 19,451 14,009 17 Sanyo Electric 18,243 16,917
From the July 21, 2008 issue