A Japanese entrepreneur who founded one of the country's largest web portals and was a national celebrity before being jailed for securities fraud is now free and has launched a firm to develop smartphone apps. Takafumi Horie was once a ...
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Silk, the soft shimmery luxurious fabric derived from silk worms, is an all-time favourite material for fashion lovers and designers alike, but a variety of silk, which is solely made of spider proteins, is not commonly heard of. ...
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Samsung is to buy a 10 per cent stake in South Korean rival Pantech in a deal valued at around 53 billion won (£31.6m). Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday that the deal would "help solidify" its relationship with Pantech, ...
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Samsung is to buy a 10 per cent stake in South Korean rival Pantech in a deal valued at around 53 billion won (£31.6m). Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday that the deal would "help solidify" its relationship with Pantech, ...
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Chinese pharmaceutical maker Taiji Group is accelerating consolidating its three listed units. The three units are Chongqing Taiji Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.(SHSE: 666129), Southwest Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600666) and ...
Sony has moved back into profit for the financial year to 31 March, reporting profits of 43bn yen (280m), after four consecutive years of losses. The Japanese firm said it expected earnings to grow by an additional 16 per cent this year ...
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Taiwan-based technology firms will jointly fight against rising challenges from South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC). People in the circle disclosed that SEC grew fast in the fields of smartphones, DRAM chips, and ...
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US-based Montague Farms has entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based Sun-Tommy International to supply food-grade soybeans. Sun-Tommy will distribute the specialty soybeans to food processors in Japan. The soybeans will be used to ...
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Microsoft is expected to unveil a successor to Xbox 360 videogame consoles next month. Microsoft sent out invitations yesterday to the May 21 event at its main campus in Redmond, Washington at which its Xbox team will reveal a "new ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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G-Tech Optoelectronics Corp which makes cover glass for touch-panel displays, yesterday said it was working with Japanese glass supplier AGC Group to make glass for “green” buildings, riding on the trend of energy-efficient ...
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Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said it was still negotiating a deal for greater cooperation with Sharp, despite the Japanese display-maker's securing a $110 million investment to supply LCD panels to rival Samsung Electronics. Sharp's ...
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Japan's Sharp has secured a $110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the South Korean company's growing electronics empire. The deal gives Samsung a steady supply of ...
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South Korean firm Samsung is to buy a three per cent stake in its Japanese rival Sharp for 10.4bn yen (£73m). Sharp has been struggling to restructure its operations as it continues to make losses; the firm has forecast its biggest ...
Protea Biosciences Group, Inc announced at the ASMS Sanibel Conference the introduction of Amplus® wide-pore core shell HPLC columns, a new line of liquid chromatography columns specifically designed for intact proteins analysis. ...
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