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  TCL reports losses totaling US$140m   (Xinhua)  Updated: 2005-11-08 11:18  
A quarterly report of TCL Corp, a major Chinese consumer electronics group, 
showed that the company's economic losses totaled 1.138 billion yuan (140 
million US dollars) in the first nine months of this year. 
 It is expected that the company can not recover the losses at the end of this 
year, the report said. 
 This was TCL's third time to publish reports on losses this year, China 
Quality Daily has reported. 
 Board Chairman of the company Li Dongsheng attributed the heftylosses to 
rising production cost, and the increase of management, business and financial 
affairs fees. 
 The losses of TCL Mobile Communications is also a factor. 
 The corporation has reportedly got 14 billion yuan in loans from a bank and 
turned out 40 sorts of new mobile communication products in a bid to recover the 
losses. 
 Last year, TCL merged its television business with French Thomson's,creating 
the world's largest television manufacturer TTE. Thomson holds a 33 percent 
stake in the joint venture and TCLowns the majority 67 
percent.
 
  
  
  
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