And while Taiwan sweats through what is supposed to be its rainy season, Jim Hines, a chip manufacturing analyst with Gartner Dataquest in San Jose, says people may be overreacting to the potential for problems.

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The Ohio Art Company seized on the publicity, manufacturing red and blue Etch A Sketches during the campaign season.

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