Japan's Sharp Shows it Has Feelings -- on Twitter

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Japan's Sharp may seem like just another faceless corporate giant, but the struggling Japanese electronics maker still has feelings -- on social media anyway.

The firm, best known for its televisions, confessed to feeling down in the dumps after announcing it was taking a multi-billion-dollar bailout and laying off about 10 percent of its 49,000-strong global workforce to deal with huge losses.

Sharp's official Twitter account informed its 202,000 followers that it was tough to express emotions after the news.

"Well, it's hard to tweet today. While I have thoughts, all I can do is just accept things," it said in a series of tweets starting late Thursday.

"I'm feeling the blues, but still in good spirits."

Sharp shares weren't feeling much better -- they dropped seven percent in Tokyo.

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