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And MacNeal put the surmises allen eagles contest in don felder draws perspective."I was three in 1974," he said after the match "It's a great feeling. (Wilson) played us hard, pressured us. "I told the kids at halftime that we made some mistakes but we had stood up to them several times in the red zone."Scroggins made up for his blunders by utilizing his weapons: tailbacks Woods, Rashad Wadood and Alley Long, and wideouts Kevin Anderson and Chris Davis.It culminated in two scores: a 21-yard pass to Davis and a 14-yard strike to Anderson that was set up by the shiftiness of Wadood.Lakewood defensive back Dion Bailey, who will commit to USC next year with Scroggins, picked off a pass by Wilson quarterback Brett Harper 66 yards to make it 28-6.Led by defensive lineman Justin Utupo (who will commit to Notre Dame next year) and Todd Barr, linebacker Keanu Kalolo and defensive backs Brennan Kelly and Bailey, the Lancer defense limited Wilson (6-4, 4-2 league) to 61 net yards in three quarters while Harper was a dismal 1-for-13 passing for three yards.Wilson's points came at the feet of kicker Alex Boy, who slotted home field goals from 27 and 42 yards out.. LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Top technology companies came to Las Vegas to show off their latest innovations in consumer electronics, but despite the plethora of TVs, computers, phones, cameras and other gadgets on display, it was clear the industry is bracing for a very tough year. TechnologyWhile there were a few bright spots at this year's subdued Consumer Electronics Show -- such as low-cost mini-laptops known as netbooks -- what emerged was a picture of scaled-back investment plans, more job cuts and stagnant growth with no signs of improvement.The global economic slump hit at a time when the growth momentum of flat-screen TVs and digital cameras, which drove the sector's expansion in recent years, had already started to lose steam amid high penetration rates in developed countries. That left tech firms with no star products to fall back on.Asked when the electronics industry was likely to recover from the downturn, Shutoku Watanabe, executive vice president of Hitachi Ltd's consumer business group, said: "I wish you could tell me.""We'd probably better mentally prepare ourselves for two more years of this," he told Reuters in an interview, in which he said Hitachi was likely to miss its annual LCD TV sales target by as much as 10 percent.According to estimates from industry watchers IDC, Gartner and DisplaySearch, the global PC, microchip and flat-TV markets will all contract in 2009 in value terms as the protracted economic downturn dampens consumer and corporate spending."I don't think there is any one product that is going to help everybody pull out of the situation," said DisplaySearch analyst Chris Crotty, who attended the show ending on Sunday, where high-tech companies from Microsoft Corp to Palm Inc unveiled their latest products and strategies."Unfortunately, when you have an economic downturn coupled with slowing demand, it's a combination that weakens the industry," Crotty said.Before CES, a slew of technology companies had already announced sweeping job cuts: chip maker Micron Technology Inc said in October it would cut 15 percent of its global workforce of about 19,000 people, while Sony Corp plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs and reduce its network of 57 manufacturing sites by five or six.At CES, a senior executive at Seagate Technology told Reuters the world's largest hard-disk drive maker plans to cut around 10 percent of its U.S.

workforce, amid sluggish demand for PCs and other electronic products."We are preparing for a pretty tough environment here over the next 12 months" said Brian Dexheimer, president of Seagate's consumer division, joining a growing list of high-tech companies that are reducing headcount to save costs.DRASTIC STEPSThe steep slowdown in tech demand hit manufacturers just when they were accelerating output expansion, and now they are scrambling to cancel or downscale aggressive investment plans.While some companies such as LG Electronics Inc said it was important to continue to innovate and invest in research and development during a downturn, analysts do not expect any large-scale spending by tech companies this year.Panasonic Corp, the world's largest plasma TV maker, said it would cut its capital spending on its new plasma and LCD panel plants by 23 percent to 445 billion yen.Mizuho Securities analyst Ryosuke Katsura said, however, more drastic measures than shutting factories or postponing expansion plans may be needed to cope with current oversupply.In ordinary times, companies cut prices to spur demand and clear inventory already gone eagles . But the credit crunch is making it impossible for potential customers to purchase big-ticket items, such as flat TVs, regardless of price cuts, Katsura said."In the medium term, like 2010 or 2011, there's going to be some room for growth But in 2009, we've got this supply/demand imbalance hell freezes over . Only after consolidation among manufacturers will the industry will be ready to start growing again," he said.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd last year made a nearly $6 billion proposal to buy rival flash memory maker SanDisk Corp best of my love . But the South Korean company, which rules a memory chip industry suffering from overcapacity and weak demand, later withdrew the bid, citing the U.S philadelphiaeagles . firm's deepening losses and uncertain outlook.BRIGHT SPOTSIn an otherwise somber industry, there was some buzz around products such as low-margin netbooks, 3-D television, Web TV, a new phone from Palm and high-definition Blu-ray players and video recorders.Netbooks, designed for simple computing tasks like Web browsing and email, were pioneered by companies like Asustek in 2007. The Taiwanese company aims to sell 7 million netbooks in 2009, up from about 5 million a year earlier, Asustek Chairman Jonney Shih told Reuters.Demand for Blu-ray machines has been picking up since last year, when Toshiba Corp gave up on its HD-DVD format, allowing the entertainment industry to back a rival optical disc format developed by the Sony-led Blu-ray camp.But analysts were quick to point out that demand for netbooks and Blu-ray equipment is nowhere near strong enough to offset declines in flat-screen TVs and conventional PCs, or to ignite a broad-based tech turnaround.For people hoping to spot early signs of a rebound, analysts said one key indicator would be factory utilization rates at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, the world's largest contract chip maker."TSMC has many high-tech manufacturers as clients.

Among them, companies that also have their own chip-making facilities cut foundry ties first in the downturn and start ordering again when things are picking up american bald eagle . This makes the company a pretty good forward-looking indicator," said Daiwa Institute of Research analyst Kazuharu Miura. Technology don henley . DETROIT, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S joe walsh . auto industry sales have beenstronger than expected in the early part of January across allvehicle segments and automakers, Ford Motor Co (F.N) sales chiefJim Farley said on Sunday timothy b schmit . Stocks "All I can tell you is that demand is a little more robustthan we expected," Farley told Reuters on the sidelines of theNorth American International Auto Show "I would say a little, notdramatically." U.S. auto sales fell 18 percent to about 13.2 million vehiclesin 2008 from the prior year, battered by the downturn in theeconomy and most automakers expect sales to decline from there in2009 Ford expects U.S sales in the 12 million to 12.5 millionunit range.

Farley said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales, akey measure for the industry and economists, had been slightlyabove Ford's expectations for the low 10 million unit rangethrough early January . Some of that could be due to incentives that were carried overfrom December, though incentives largely are not set now to becarried through the entire month Ford, along with most automakers, expects U.S eagels . light vehiclesales to be much lower in the first half of the year than in thesecond half of the year the eagles" "hotel california . (Reporting by David Bailey; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) Stocks . Sir Alex Ferguson took a massive gamble during the summer. When the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez had left Old Trafford, he had to find adequate replacements to ensure they would retain the Premier League for a fourth consecutive time.It might be worth mentioning that Ronaldo and Tevez, between them, scored almost half of all the goals United had scored in the past two seasons.Needless to say, United needed a big name signing who could guarantee goals, Sir Alex Ferguson though begged to differ.The Scot brought in Wigan's Antonio Valencia, who despite his overwhelming physique wasn't recognized as a regular goalscorer.Valencia's arrival was followed by the signing of former Liverpool striker, Micheal Owen, a free agent after his contract with Newcastle had expired on a 'pay-as-you-play' deal.The move received a mixed reaction from the football world and the Old Trafford faithful in particular.Some weren't particularly happy with the signing of Owen because he was too 'injury-prone'.Others suggested Sir Alex was a genius for pulling off such a shrewd business move because Owen was known as a deadly finisher and recognized as a phenomenal striker.Liverpool fans weren't too happy, they termed Owen as a 'joke', a 'traitor' and even drew comparisons of Owen's move to Judas' betrayal.The former Real Madrid man accepted the fact that he would be behind Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney in United's pecking order.The transfer window eventually slammed shut and nobody else arrived at Old Trafford except for relatively unknown French prodigy, Gabriel Obertan.Sir Alex Ferguson backed the likes of Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney to step up, he also said he would give more opportunities to the likes of Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck.Owen's first start for United ended with 1-0 defeat to newly promoted Burnley and the skies came shattering down , it appeared as if Sir Alex had got it all wrong, he was blamed for failing to strengthen United's squad during the summer.Owen missed two straight forward chances in the games against Birmingham and Burnley and came under scathing criticism for it.However, United's title defense eventually picked up the pace with a 5-0 thrashing of Wigan and 2-1 victory against Arsenal.Owen scored his first United goal at Wigan, with a fine left footed strike that recalled his halcyon days.If he was looking for a chance to become an Old Trafford hero, he certainly got it when his predecessor Carlos Tevez and new-team and United rivals Manchester City came to Old Trafford.In the most dramatic circumstances, Owen scored an incredible winner in the 96th minute of play and thus becoming an instant crowd favorite at the Theatre of Dreams.Arguably his best United goal came in the Carling Cup against Barnsley, where a sharp turn and a stunning finish silenced the whole crowd.Owen didn't have the happiest time on his return to Anfield, he came on as a substitute and was put through on goal before being brought down rather controversially by Liverpool's Jaime Carragher. United went on to lose the game, 2-0, as Nemanja Vidic was sent off for the third consecutive time against the Reds.He couldn't help United losing to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge either but Owen has scored in all competitions for the Red Devils after opening the scoring in 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League at Old Trafford.In his brief stint with the Red Devils, he has already picked up a knock kept him out of action for three weeks.Despite being five points behind Chelsea, I think United are still quite well placed and in competition for a fourth consecutive league title.Now, the real question is, has Michael Owen answered his critics?He was labelled as 'too old', they said 'his time is over', they said 'he's too injury prone', they said 'he's a traitor', they said 'United will regret not signing somebody like a David Villa or Luis Fabiano'.Hold that thought for now.That's it from The Bottom Corner , here's Salaar Shamsi signing off, until next time, it's goodbye..