Gartner expects total semiconductor revenue to reach $342bn in 2014 Worldwide semiconductor revenue will hit $311bn in 2013, an increase of 4.5% from 2012, according to analyst house Gartner. The report also revised the fourth quarter ...
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THE Australian sharemarket hit a fresh 17-month high today as US lawmakers inched closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff problem. Utilities, energy, industrials, telecommunications, materials and financial stocks mostly rose despite some ...
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Check Point Software Technologies plans to introduce document security software that encrypts and controls access to files across an organization's various departments and also meets the growing need for corporate users to access company ...
According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, major lighting markets in the world have been affected by the European debt crisis in varying degrees. Certain Chinese LED firms whose businesses rely heavily on overseas ...
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China's ten largest solar photovoltaic enterprises have accumulated upwards of 111 billion yuan($17.5 billion)in debt,recent data from U.S.financial services company Maxim Group shows. China's solar industry is mired in a crisis,facing ...
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Cathay Financial Holdings yesterday forecast Taiwan’s gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 3.88% year on year in 2013 while Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research projected the growth rate at 3.6%, both higher than the estimated ...
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As the global economic outlook remains stagnant, LED industry's peak season performance may fall short of expectations. Thus, Taiwanese LED firms such as Epistar, Unity Opto, Lextar, and Genesis Photonics underwent setbacks in the stock ...
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According to Epistar's executive, the company expects a turnaround this quarter, thanks to strong demand for LED TVs and LED lighting would help boost factory utilization and lift gross margin significantly to more than 20 percent. ...
Taipei, Dec.12, 2012 (CENS)--In a cross-Taiwan Strait meeting yesterday (Dec. 11), Zheng Lizhong, vice chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), urged Taiwan to cut restrictions on mainland Chinese ...
Taipei,Oct.17,2012(CENS)--After the absence of new issuance for two years,a new product will hit the global-board bond market,as BNP Paribas will float 200 million Australian dollars of corporate bond,with interest rate topping 4%.Since the ...
Taipei,Oct.17,2012(CENS)--Global Insight recently revised its forecast of the global economic growth rate by 0.3 of a percentage point to 2.3%.Observers noted that the move may prompt the Directorate General of Budget,Accounting,and ...
A fall in production has hit half-year profits at UK-listed palm oil processor New Britain Palm Oil. CEO Nick Thompson said heavy rain made it harder to collect and transport fresh fruit bunches. The wet weather also meant the fruit ...
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Reuters reported that strike while the iron is hot, the old saying goes, and a legion of iron ore miners setting up in Canada's remote Labrador Trough want to do just that. But, for now, they have to wait. Iron ore, the main component of ...
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Taipei,Oct.5,2012(CENS)--Since the fourth quarter is traditionally the busy season for share listing,plus the levy of securities transaction gains tax next year,at least 17 enterprises are rushing to list their shares on the stock market in ...
According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, despite the rush orders during 2Q12 which kept LED chip and package makers’ utilization rates high, the 3Q12 outlook for LED backlight market turns murky due to the ...
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