Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), noted in August 2012 that the firm had changed its position in relation to investments in solar cell maker Motech, shifting from strategic purposes to ...
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China-based Suntech Power Holdings announced the insolvency of its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech. Industry sources noted that Suntech executives will arrive in Taiwan next week to meet with strategic partners. Taiwan-based solar firms ...
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Whether you are starting a new woodworking business or taking an existing business to the next level, the type of woodworking equipment you use will affect the quality of your work and how much of it you produce. Every woodworker wants to ...
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. announced the appointment of Marc T. Giles to its board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. Giles spent most of his career with industrial technology companies beginning in sales and marketing before ...
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Computerworld - Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's new CEO, reached out to company employees for the first time and asked them to stay focused while she devises a strategy to get Yahoo back on track. "The company has been through a lot of change in ...
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For the global solar industry, 2012 has been about trade wars. The US and Europe both started anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against the world's largest solar supply chain, China. In addition, oversupply continues to plague ...
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US-based solar crystal growing furnace maker GT Advanced Technologies has announced plans to write down the majority of its directional solidification system (DSS) inventory, meaning the firm will no longer supply such equipment to the ...
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Arktos Group decided to file for bankruptcy during an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on 24 January. The lawyer Veikko Almgren was appointed to represent Arktos. Production in Kemijärvi was halted and the work force of roughly 86 ...
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China-based integrated solar makers have considered measures to cope with the impact of US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs, and some of them plan to sell solar cell production equipment to Taiwan-based makers, according to industry ...
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Reuters reported that Dana Gas has received USD 48 million in overdue payments for fuel supplied in Kurdistan. Delays in getting paid for operations in both Kurdistan and Egypt have contributed to Dana's financial problems which ...
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French automaker Peugeot is planning to trim the production of its new 208 supermini car and remove a production shift during late 2012 in the midst of slow European auto sales only six months following its launch in April 2012. ...
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IDG News Service - If $8 billion shows up in Sprint Nextel's wallet as planned in Softbank's proposed takeover, the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator may pay off debt, speed up its rollout of LTE, or even buy its network partner, Clearwire. ...
Research in Motion(RIM)CEO Thorsten Heins said that as many as 6%of BlackBerry customers in Europe and Africa may have seen up to a three-hour delay in getting and sending messages early Friday. Heins released a statement about 11:30 ...
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Almost all China-based integrated solar makers facing financial pressure,says LDK Solar president Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 19 September 2012]China-based LDK Solar recently announced a huge net loss for the second ...
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Commentary:Global solar market losing energy Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 14 September 2012]Since the second quarter of 2011,the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane.Solar markets in Europe ...
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