Thailand Floods To Put The Grinch In Christmas

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Thailand floods to put the grinch in Christmas

CATASTROPHIC flooding in Thailand, which has killed more than 370 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless, is also hitting supplies of consumer goods in Australia in the run-up to Christmas. Shortages of electronic goods including cameras and stereo equipment, personal computers and automobiles are already being felt due to the disaster in Thailand, one of the world's major manufacturing nations.

Companies including Nikon, Canon, Sony, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Isuzu and Western Digital - the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives - all have large factories in flood-affected areas north of the capital, Bangkok.

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