We are proud to provide the necessary technology, manufacturing capability and other resources to assist the National Health Service in its efforts to protect individuals from the threat of a flu pandemic.

This new technology has the potential to drive down drug manufacturing costs, which could make medicines and health insurance plans less expensive for all of us.

We are thrilled to partner with Evergreen Solar, with its proprietary String Ribbon technology and rapidly expanding manufacturing capability. Our relationship with Evergreen ensures that as the market for solar continues to expand, GRO will continue to grow with it. GRO customers can be confident that they will have ready access to solar installations, at a steady price, for years to come.

The [Internal Revenue Service] says we are manufacturing, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture says we are agriculture. They are definitely not in agreement.

The Christmas Price Index reflects the changing economic mix in the U.S. away from manufacturing to a more service based economy.

This is a winning combination. With Toshiba's cutting-edge process technology and manufacturing capabilities, Sony's various semiconductor technologies and deep knowledge of consumer markets and IBM's state-of-the-art material technology, we can anticipate breakthrough process technologies for the 32-nanometer generation and beyond. Toshiba will apply these advances to assuring continued leadership in cutting-edge process technology and the accelerated development of essential devices for the age of ubiquitous connectivity.