Taipei, Dec. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Although North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of 0.79 for November, which stayed below 1 for a seventh month but representing an improvement from ...
Tags: Semiconductor Equipment, Manufacturing Processing Machinery
US-based automobile manufacturer General Motors has will issue a recalled for about 145,628 mid-sized pickup trucks across the globe, due to a problem in the hood latch issue. The company has recalled 118,800 units sold in the US, 15,264 ...
Tags: General Motors, Truck, Auto Parts
Windows 8's learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed, according to PC Helps, an enterprise support and training firm. The operating system "will be difficult to adjust to," said Joe Puckett, director of training at PC Helps. ...
Tags: Windows 8, PC Helps, Joe Puckett, IT Training Firm
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012 (to end-June), optical communications and laser component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA has reported a second consecutive quarter of growth as it continues to recover from ...
For second-quarter 2012, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $136.5m, down 2% on $139.9m last quarter and 48% on $264.8m a year ago. Fiscal ...
Tags: Veeco, MOCVD, revenue and earnings
Zhongshan known for "One Town, One Product" famous at home and abroad, each characteristic industry towns are not only means a strong manufacturing capacity, and accumulated a profound industrial culture. "China's wood furniture ...
Amazon is set to reinvent retail again, with the launch of the Kindle Fire 2. With a price tag of 159 for a 7-inch device that undercuts the Google Nexus and iPad rivals, Amazon is attempting to sell a service as much as it is selling a ...
Tags: Amazon, Kindle Fire 2, Google Nexus, iPad, tablet
Acer saw sales stalll in its second quarter, down 2.2% compared to the first three months of the year. The Taiwanese company said it didn’t expect revenue to pick up until its fourth quarter. But Acer will start shipping ...
Tags: Acer, sales, Microsoft Windows 8, company news
Business Standard reported that GAIL is not in favour of letting go its first right to buy the Asian Development Bank's 5.2% stake in Petronet LNG Ltd. Mr BC Tripathi CMD of CMD of GAIL on the sidelines of a Ficci seminar on energy ...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, Oil, Natural Gas, petroleum
Environmentally friendly, or green office supplies are appearing more and more often, so I thought I would take a look at the Paper Mate Biodegradable Pen that I picked up from OfficeMax and which is also available in more varieties here ...
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Concurrency, Inc., the 2012 Microsoft Central Region Partner of the Year, announced today three upcoming educational events for business and IT managers in the Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago areas. The presentations will cover how cloud ...
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One look at Ipininder Singh, director-technology, Convergys, and you know little fazes the man. His lithe frame and steely gaze leave little doubt. But then, maybe all he needed was for the right project to come along, a project his own ...
Tags: Convergys, lithe frame, steely gaze, fleet management
On Monday, Microsoft announced a record low price for the upcoming Windows 8, telling customers that they could upgrade their PCs -- even aged machines running Windows XP -- for just $39.99 later this year. But almost as soon as Microsoft ...
Nokia reported a 39% year-on-year drop in the number of smartphones it sold in the second quarter, to 10.2 million, while its net loss more than trebled. The company's total revenue for the quarter fell 19% year over year, to 7.54 billion ...
Tags: Nokia, Q2, Smartphone, Sales
Reuters reported that energy over metals, raw over refined, sums up the likely theme for China's commodity demand next year. Commodity markets had become accustomed to China as a voracious consumer of resources, but 2012 showed that ...
Tags: Commodities Market, Market Trend, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy