Glass, Not Gas, Prices are Soaring

July 8, 2010 Updated Jul 8, 2010 at 3:25 PM EDT

Soaring demand for glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers has more than tripled
first-quarter profits at Corning Incorporated. The upstate New York-based maker of specialty glass and ceramics reports this
morning that its earnings climbed more than 1 billion dollars in the January-to-March period. Corning is the world's largest maker
of liquid crystal display glass.

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