TWICE - December 18, 2000

NEW YORK -At the press conference here, Pioneer executives outlined trends in a variety of technologies and categories, and they detailed their plans for expanded production in China.

• Accessories
• AccuCase Line Offers Crush Protection
• Storage Firms Target Colorful, Trendy Lifestyles
• Night Owl Vision Brightens The Night
• Execs Assess Hot PC Accessories As CES Nears

• Business News
• Staples' Q3 Earnings Down, Stock Hurt
• Audiovox Shares Expectations For Q4 Revenue, Sales
• Rent-To-Purchase Chains See Mixed Q3
• Compaq Hikes Sales, Earnings In 3rd Quarter
• Energizer Sees Fiscal-Q1 Sales Drop

• Communications
• Multiuser Cordless, HomePNA, Low-Price 2.4GHz Due At CES
• AOL Extends E-Mail Access To RIM 950
• VTech, Yahoo Team Up For Next-Generation E-mail Appliances
• 900MHz Cordless Phones Gain Most Share
• Wireless Suppliers To Promote E-mail, PDA Features
• Wireless Phone Ads Hit Record Level; Nokia Share Jumps Dramatically
• Wireless Seen As Land-Line Competition

• Computer Technology
• DSL To Surpass Cable In 2004: In-Stat
• PC BRIEFS
• Retailers See Profits In The Digital Camera Picture
• Apple Sales Bitten By Slowdown Bug
• PC Camera Category Set To Explode
• L & H Files For Chapter 11 Protection

• Home Audio
• Hard-Drive Jukeboxes, Servers To Proliferate
• PC Industry's Influence In Audio To Grow At CES
• Streaming Audio Planned For CES

• Major Appliances
• Major Appliances: The Year In Review, Part II

• Mobile Electronics
• Cobra Updates Designs Of CBs To Court Youth
• Car MP3 Players Continue To Ring Up Hot Sales
• Code-Alarm Teams With @Road For Aftermarket Telematics Line
• Autotek Delivers First 21-Inch Subwoofer
• Emerson Claims Lowest Price Tag For In-Dash DVD
• Unwired Plans Improved Sound For Car Video
• Car Security Features Advance In 2001 Lineups
• Motorola Files FCC Petition For MURS Rules Reversal
• Speaker Suppliers Brace For DVD Audio, Bow 2001 Lines
• Blaupunkt Adjusts Acoustics One Car At A Time
• GPS Among New Features For Latest Radar Detectors

• News
• Rex Stores Income Climbs 16%, Sales Rise 3% In Fiscal 3rd Qtr.
• Will Best Buy's Big Buy Fly?
• Zenith Readies TeleCruz-Enabled Internet TV
• Compaq Lowers Q4 Expectations Of Sales, Profits
• A Y2K Tale Of Two Retailers
• Good Guys Reports Higher Q4 Comps, Net Sales
• OpenTV Makes Healthy Q3 Jump
• Best Buy Net Declines 27% In Fiscal Q3
• Motorola Dims Expectations For Q4
• Thomson MM Acquires Technicolor For $2.1B
• Maytag Also Warns Of Soft 4th Quarter
• Whirlpool Shakeup In Wake Of Dim Q4
• Pioneer Shares DVD, DVD-RW, Plasma Plans
• RadioShack Taps Dave Edmondson As President/COO
• Lowe's Predicts 19% Increases In 4th-Qtr. Sales
• September, 3rd-Qtr. Audio Sales Record 5-Year Factory-Level High
• Pegasus Paves Way To Broadband Future
• Iwatani Outlines Matsushita's Vision
• Circuit City's Sales Slip 7% In 3rd Quarter

• Retailin/E-tailing
• What Is Good Customer Service And How Do You Ensure It?

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Stereo, Pro Logic Still Have Legs On Retail Shelves
• The Year That Was: TWICE's 2000 Retail Retrospective
• I'm Dreaming Of A Successful e-Christmas

• Video/Home Satellite
• EchoStar Strikes Back At Gemstar With Antitrust Lawsuit
• Interactivity To Be Key CES Video Theme
• High Definition TV Monitors
• Digital TV Set-Top Decoders
• Looking Ahead To 2001: What To Expect At Retail

• home Audio
• MD, MP3 Outsell CD-Recorders, But CD-R Dollars On Top In Q1-3