LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Panasonic Corp. will pay about $280 million to resolve federal charges that executives at its in-flight entertainment unit improperly hid payments to consultants overseas in violation of anti-corruption rules, officials announced Monday.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. has announced it will be closing its Salem solar plant in late October after operating for less than a decade.

The Statesman Journal reported (http://stjr.nl/2h3D0i5 ) Wednesday that the company is closing the plant because it's tied to a factory in central Japan, which is shifting its focus from solar cell modules to solar cells.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of public skepticism about globalization, a dozen CEOs from foreign-based companies with big U.S. operations meet Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and congressional leaders to talk up the benefits of foreign investment.

Executives from Airbus Americas, Panasonic Corp. of North America, Samsung Electronics America and other firms will make the case for policies they say will keep foreign firms coming to America.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. has cut its forecast for full-year net profit citing the impact of a strong currency and weaker earnings from sales of its solar energy systems for home use.

The Osaka-based company said Monday that it expects 120 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in net profit in the fiscal year that ends March 31. Its earlier forecast was for 145 billion yen in net profit.

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. electric car maker Tesla says it plans to start working with Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. on solar energy.

Tesla's said on its corporate blog Monday that the companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent to begin collaborating on Panasonic's production of photovoltaic cells and modules at a facility under construction by San Mateo, California-based solar-panel company SolarCity Corp. in Buffalo, New York.

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. electric car maker Tesla says it plans to start working with Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. on solar energy.

Panasonic had no immediate comment Monday on Tesla's statement on its corporate blog that the companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent to begin collaborating on production of photovoltaic cells and modules at Panasonic's facility in Buffalo, New York.