TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Sharp Corp ,
the Japanese electronics maker owned by Taiwan's Foxconn,
tumbled 7% on Friday after it reported a $1.9 billion loss on
write-downs of its panel display business and other assets.
Sharp said it took a hit of 220 billion yen ($1.6 billion)
as it wrote down the value of building and machinery in both its
LCD and OLED display businesses in Japan, and other assets.
Shares were down 7% at 921 yen.
($1 = 135.0500 yen)
(Reporting by David Dolan; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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