TWICE - February 9, 2009

Fourth-quarter sales at Amazon.com soared 18 percent to $6.7 billion and net income increased nearly 9 percent to $225 million for the three months ending Dec. 31. Founder/CEO Jeff Bezos attributed the gains to the e-tailer's “low prices, great selection and free shipping offers,” which lured financially strapped shoppers during the holiday selling season.

• Accessories
• Verbatim Intros Speaker Keyboard
• Logitech Adds To Harmony Line
• Scosche Debuts A/V Output Solution For iPods

• Business News
• Strong TV Sales In Jan. Boost Retail Revenue

• By The Numbers
• Dec. Majap Shipments Declined 12%
• Imaging Vendors See Mixed Market
• CEA: Super Bowl Stills Sells HDTVs

• Car Electronics
• Mobileye Broadens Into U.S.
• Alpine Shifts To System Sales
• Cars Ship Without Radios In Recession

• Digital Imaging
• Nikon Adds 24x Zoom To Lineup
• Panasonic Intros '09 Lumix Slate
• Fujifilm FinePix Boasts Super CCD Sensor

• Home Audio
• Russound Adding Multiroom System
• BeoSound 5 Uses Only HDD, Internet Radio
• iTunes Tagging: How Radio Stations, Radios Deliver The Best Experience

• Major Appliances
• Expo Expiration: Home Depot's Loss Seen As Dealers' Gain
• Majap Vet Jim Humiston Retires After 50 Years

• News
• Panasonic, JVC Realign U.S. Operations
• Appliance Direct Gains Rex Leases
• Harman Reports Fiscal Q2, 1st-Half Losses
• Circuit's Final Sale Hits $450M, Could End Soon
• Virgin's Helio Reveals Ocean 2, Plans
• Motorola Reports Q4, FY Losses, Lower Revenues
• Support Voiced For New DTV Transition Date
• Japanese Suppliers Post Poor Quarterly Results
• Klipsch Debuts Bundles For DTV Transition
• Panasonic Predicts Loss, To Cut Jobs, Plants
• Garmin, AsusSign Pact On Nuvifone Deal
• Car Stereo Sales Fall 22%: NPD
• hhgregg Reports Higher Fiscal Q3 Sales, Profits

• Portable Digital Devices
• T-Mobile Expands Its Wi-Fi Cellphone Line
• Verizon Wireless Marketing Femtocell
• PDD Briefs

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Warranty Cos. See Increased Demand For Service Contracts
• Best Buy Steps Up DTV Transition Efforts
• Retail Sales To Improve In Second Half: NRF
• Retailers, Suppliers Vie For Circuit City Share
• Dealers Deploying Different Strategies To Counter Tough Times
• Clock Ticks Down On Circuit City

• Video/Home Satellite
• TTE To Ship RCA LCD TV Lines
• 3 Pico Projectors Added To Epoq Line

• Viewpoint
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