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Panasonic reveals £2.6 billion loss
And offers gloomy outlook
15 May 2009 10:57 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott
Panasonic has joined Sony in announcing particularly gloomy financial results with a big loss for the year to the end of March 2009.
Panasonic lost 379 billion yen, around £2.6 billion, during the last financial year, and predicts similar poor results for the coming year.
As well as falling consumer demand, the low figures were also blamed on the strong yen making exports from Japan more expensive around the world.
Panasonic previously announced it was to shut 13 manufacturing sites in Japan and 14 in other countries by the end of March, with the 15,000 job cuts representing around 5% of the company's workforce.
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