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Konica Minolta to liquidate Canadian unit
Konica Minolta has decided to liquidate a wholly-owned Canadian unit
that sells digital cameras because of stiffer competition. The Japanese
company says the closure will not affect its forecast for the financial
year end in March 2006. The Canadian unit is valued at around CA$5.66m
(US$4.76m). Konica Minolta said that it will seek partners who can
distribute its cameras in Canada. (11:20 GMT)
from dpreview.com

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<burnsdavidj@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> $5.66m liquidation? That sounds like office space and furniture, maybe
> some real estate holdings and severance packages for local staff.
>
> Doesn't sound like a big deal to be honest...with NAFTA most product is
> shipped and supported from the US anyways.
>
> Not that KM is in the order of Nikon / Canon here, but I doubt this
> will have any negative effect on their sales (assuming KM doesn't
> blunder the administrative handover).
>
From what I've been told KM USA doesn't want to sell to Canada as it causes
logistics headaches.

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In message <dzMTe.430991$5V4.347873@pd7tw3no>,
"Basic Wedge" <basic-wedge@shaw.ca> wrote:

>I can't say I'm surprised. Here in my part of Canada, I don't see anyone
>using Minolta gear.

I saw a guy with a Minolta DSLR in Central Park (NYC) on Monday. He was
standing on Bow Bridge, taking pictures of all the woman with exposed
cleavage passing underneath in rowboats.
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JPS@no.komm wrote:

>In message <dzMTe.430991$5V4.347873@pd7tw3no>,
>"Basic Wedge" <basic-wedge@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>I can't say I'm surprised. Here in my part of Canada, I don't see anyone
>>using Minolta gear.
>
>I saw a guy with a Minolta DSLR in Central Park (NYC) on Monday. He was
>standing on Bow Bridge, taking pictures of all the woman with exposed
>cleavage passing underneath in rowboats.


Did he have ugly teeth? I mean *really* ugly teeth?

If so, Alan Browne must be in NYC this week.

;-)