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However, Europe's largest budget airline has had to extendthe offer period for the bid to Feb 13 from Jan 5 afterminimal interest from investors ($1=.7312 Euro) Jim Gaffigan . PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) on Friday posted a 4.2 percent drop in 2008 sales in a world market that fell 4.8 percent as the global financial and economic crisis hit vehicle sales.Sales of Renault brand vehicles fell 5.4 percent while Dacia brand sales rose 11.7 percent.The group said its market share for the year reached 3.6 percent, stable compared the 2007 market share.Renault said in a statement that "inventory management and reduction will remain a priority throughout 2009."Earlier this week chief operating officer Patrick Pelata said the group had achieved its goal of reducing stocks of unsold vehicles to end-2007 levels by the end of December 2008.In common with other manufacturers Renault has announced job cuts and temporary plant closures as it struggles to cope with a worldwide drop in vehicle sales beyond the pale gaffigan . It said 2008 was marked by the arrival of an unprecedented global financial an economic crisis."The intensity of the crisis affecting the automotive sector and the brutal fall in our main markets led us to review our growth objectives for 2008," executive vice president sales Patrick Blain said in a statement."Despite the crisis, the Renault group has grown its market share," he added jim stand up . It said the crisis was expected to continue in 2009 but it had three assets to boost its market share -- a continued renewal of the model range, the Renault Eco range adapted to environmental concerns and new tax measures, as well as the entry price range that is well suited to the current economic conditions.Renault group sales include those of Romania's Dacia and Renault Samsung from South Korea but not those of Japanese alliance partner and 44-percent subsidiary Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T).(Reporting by Helen Massy-Beresford, editing by Marcel Michelson) hot pocket gaffigan .

(Recasts with details, comments and graphic) Stocks By Baker Li TAIPEI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - December sales of top contract chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) fell 55 percent from a year ago to itslowest level in nearly six years, after a slowing global economyhurt demand for computers and an array of consumer gadgets manatee jim gaffigan . The annual fall was its worst drop since TSMC (TSM.N) waslisted in Taiwan in 1994, while its fourth-quarter consolidatedsales reached the higher end of the company's own forecast madeabout a month ago jim hot pocket . Some analysts say weak demand and an industry-wide inventoryoverhang could push Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd(TSMC) and cross-town rival, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC)(2303.TW), into the red in early 2009 hot pockets gaffigan . TSMC garnered unconsolidated sales of T$13.2 billion ($399million) in December, down from T$29.12 billion a year ago, thecompany said in a statement.TSMC and UMC are two big tech exporters in Taiwan thattogether account for about two-thirds of the chip foundry market jim hot pockets . Taiwan's exports tumbled a record 42 percent in December.[ID:nTP4588] "Despite aggressive cost reductions, TSMC may not be able tobreak even at the operating level," Macquarie Research analystWarren Lau said in a note this week. "The Street's expectation of a quick turnaround could proveto be too optimistic, as we believe it underestimates theseverity of excess inventory across the food chain and enddemand." Macquarie has cut its 2009 and 2010 net profit forecasts onTSMC by 67 percent and 10 percent, respectively.

It forecast TSMC would make a net loss of T$800 million inthe first quarter of 2009, reversing an estimated profit ofT$11.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008 jim gaffigan jokes . Macquarie saidTSMC's loss could widen to T$1 billion in the second quarter brian gaffigan . TSMC's sales results came as the Taipei stock market closedon Friday jim comedy central . TSMC shares slid 1.3 percent and UMC shares lost 1.7percent, versus the main TAIEX's0.7 percent decline to4,502.74 conan gaffigan . "TSMC's sales were lower than the market had expected and wedon't think it will be doing well in the slow season in the firstquarter," said Wang Kao-hsiung, vice president at KGI Securities. Wang said TSMC's share price would remain weak in the shortterm and the TAIEX could test as low as 4,000 later this quarter. Smaller rival UMC (UMC.N) posted a 45.5 percent fall inDecember sales on Thursday, its biggest annual drop in nearlyseven years.

On a consolidated basis, TSMC's October-December salestotalled T$64.56 billion, according to Reuters calculations . Theresult was down 31 percent from a year ago but hit the higher endof TSMC's own forecast of between T$63 billion and T$65 billion gaffigan manatee . For a graphic on TSMC sales, click on:here For a graphic on TSMC/UMC combined sales, click on: here(US$1=T$33.1) (Reporting by Baker Li, Editing by Ken Wills) Stocks gaffigan pale . Now that we're at the early midway point of the NFL season I wanted too take a look at the teams that at least for now are primed to play past December.As with every week their will be a Conference team, three teams that are ahead of their division, and two wild card teams . Also will be a highlighted team that I believe is on the outside looking in and an emphasis on big games as well. I invite fans of AFC teams to check this picture every weekend to see where their teams are Until next week, enjoy the games!.