Consumer Watchdog has urged California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in the US to amend its Autonomous Vehicle Regulation that would mandate police investigation into any crashes of robot cars being tested on public roads. Consumer ...
Tags: Robot Cars, Google's cars
Global shipments of LCD TV panels in the third quarter are expected to remain on par to the previous quarter's, thanks to TV vendors' increased parts procurements; but are forecast to drop by 10 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the ...
Tags: LCD TV panels, LCD TV
Foot Locker Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended August 1, 2015 was $119 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with net income of $92 million, or 63 cents per share, last year, a 33 percent increase on a ...
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Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel
Stock Spirits total revenues declined to €108m during the six months ended 30 June 2015 from €137.7m over the same period last year. The spirits producer's performance is adversely affected by the ongoing market disruption in ...
Tags: vodka market, Spirits
Audi India has launched the upgraded A6 Matrix in the country, its sixth launch this year after Audi R8 LMX, Audi RS 7 Sportback, Audi TT Coupe, Audi RS 6 Avant and the updated Audi Q3. The all-new spruced up Audi A6 features upgraded air ...
Tags: Audi India, A6 Matrix, air inlets, bumpers
Global TV panel shipments reached 22.31 million units in July 2015, down 1% from the prior month and up 7% a year ago. Branded TV vendors remain optimistic about the peak season sales in the fourth quarter even though sales results in the ...
Tags: TV Panel, panel makers
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) is considering divesting its stake in American tuna brand Chicken of the Sea, a move that could clear the way for its planned $1.5bn acquisition of Bumble Bee Foods. TUF CEO Thiraphong Chansiri was quoted ...
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The Toy Store’s owner has sent a letter of intent to Hamleys-owner Ludendo, highlighting its interest in acquiring the iconic Hamleys names. Hamleys has reportedly received a bid of interest from Gulf Greetings, the Middle Eastern ...
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Technology engineering & licensing firm ALLOS Semiconductors GmbH of Dresden, Germany have concluded its joint project to establish its mature 150 and 200mm gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology at Epistar Corp of Hsinchu ...
Tags: electronics, semiconductor, Azzurro GaN-on-Si, Epistar LEDs
Pioneer Electronics (USA) has introduced six new CD receivers and one digital media receiver for 2016 that are designed to complement the consumer’s connected lifestyle. The DEH-X6800BT, DEH-X5800HD, DEH-X4800BT, DEH-X3800S, ...
The August report of USDA informs that world cotton output in 2015/16 is forecast at 109.0 million bales, 2.5 million bales below last month's projection and 10 million bales below 2014/15. The US government agriculture department ...
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Jiangxi Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical, one of China's major traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) makers, saw its net profit soar 45.2 percent year on year in the first half of 2015. Net profit attributable to the company's shareholders stood at ...
Briscoe Group Limited, the New Zealand company making a hostile bid for the 150-store Kathmandu outdoor specialty chain, announced unaudited sales reached NZ$124.2 million ($88 mm) for the 13 week period ended July 26, an increase of 6.47 ...
Tags: sports products, homeware
Japanese automobile major Toyota has introduced the 2016 Toyota Tacoma mid-size pickup vehicle, armed with two engines - 2.7-liter DOHC four-cylinder with VVT and V6 with a segment-first 3.5-liter Atkinson cycle with VVT-iW. Toyota ...