New York Life Insurance Company has appointed money management executive Gerald Smith as a new member of the company’s board of directors, effective from 1 November 2012. Smith currently serves as chairman and CEO at his co-founded ...
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Teijin Limited announced that it has been selected for inclusion in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index(CDLI)2012 in recognition of its approach to and quality of reporting climate-change data.The CDLI works with 655 institutional ...
Novavax has reported a net loss of $7.22m, or $0.05 per share, for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012 compared to a net loss of $3.21m, or $0.03 per share, for the third quarter ended 30 September 2011. Revenue for third quarter of ...
Tags: Novavax, Wider Q3 Net Loss, net loss, clinical trials
The index is compiled by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent, not-for-profit organisation which holds the largest collection globally of self-reported climate change data, and which is working to drive greenhouse gas ...
Taipei, Nov. 7, 2012 (CENS)--Outsourcing to Asia for auto parts by international automakers have been rising, and many original equipment (OE) parts suppliers in Taiwan have kicked off capacity-expansion plans to meet flooding demand. ...
Tags: original equipment(OE)parts suppliers, automakers, vehicle makers
Taipei, Nov. 7, 2012 (CENS)--F-TPK, a leading touch-panel maker in Taiwan, raked in NT$9.46 per share of net profits in the third quarter and NT$26.97 per share in the first three quarters this year, the highest among listed firms, reported ...
Tags: touch-panel maker, over-the-counter market, tablet PCs and notebook PCs
Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)-- United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) will see wafer shipment slip 7-9% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, revenue drop 5-7%, capacity utilization rate fall to 75-79% from last quarter’s 84% and ...
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Taipei, Oct. 31, 2012 (CENS)--Asustek Computer Inc. scored record quarterly after-tax net income of NT$6.7 billion (US$231 million at US$1: NT$29), or NT$8.92 per share, in the third quarter, surging 39% from the second quarter, according ...
Tags: Asustek Computer, global touch-screen laptop sector, tablet PC segment
The October 2012 book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of North American semiconductor-equipment industry hit a 12-month low of 0.75, with the three-month average of worldwide bookings amounting to US$743.2 million in October and the three-month average ...
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Taipei, Oct. 19, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives estimated Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.’s 2013 capital expenditure at around NT$37 billion (US$1.2 billion at US$1:NT$30), based on the remarks made by its president, Y.S. Lee that the ...
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Wintek Corp., a Taiwanese supplier of touch panels, cooperates with Quanta Computer to fill orders for Win8 products from brand vendors including HP, Dell, and Lenovo for the first time; along with growing design projects with Nokia, ...
Tags: Wintek, Q4 Gross Profit, Win8 Orders
Taipei, Nov. 13, 2012 (CENS)--San’an Optoelectronics, mainland China’s largest LED (light emitting diode) epitaxy manufacturer, announced yesterday (Nov. 12) buying into Formosa Epitaxy Inc., the second largest LED epitaxy ...
Tags: San'an Optoelectronics, LED industry, global LED market
Taipei, Nov. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan’s leading manufacturing firm, scored an extraordinary profits performance in the third quarter this year, with its consolidated gross margin reaching 9.54%, the highest since the ...
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Taipei, Nov.15, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s two major tire makers both achieved historical-high consolidated revenues in the first three quarters, with Cheng Shin Rubber Co.’s increasing 13% year on year (YoY) to NT$98.8 billion ...
Tags: rubber industry, synthetic rubber, autoparts
HTC and Apple jointly released a statement yesterday(Nov.11)saying that both parties have reached a global settlement agreement to eradicate all patent litigations between the two parties and sign a 10-year mutual patent licensing ...
Tags: HTC and Apple, on Patent Dispute, Consumer Electronics