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Huawei Likely to Outpace Apple to Become 2nd Largest Smartphone Vendor in 3Q17
Aug 10, 2017Huawei is likely to outpace Apple to become the second largest smartphone vendor globally in the third quarter of 2017 as sales of China-based vendor's high-end P- and M-series as well as the more affordable Honor-branded models have ...
Tags: Huawei, Smartphone
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Notebook Shipments up on Month in February
Mar 20, 2016Following significant drops both on month and on year in January, worldwide notebook shipments remained weak in February, growing only 2% sequentially for the top-five brand vendors together and 1% sequentially for the top-three notebook ...
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Taiwan IC Design Industry Output Value to Decline
Dec 10, 2015The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is expected to drop 1.8% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015, due mainly to seasonal factors, according to Digitimes Research. Meanwhile, end-market demand particularly for ...
Tags: IC Design Industry, LCD Driver
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Mobile DRAM Prices to Fall at Slower Pace in 4q15, Says DRAMexchange
Nov 6, 2015Rollouts of new smartphone models will stimulate demand for mobile DRAM memory in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the chip prices falling at a slower pace, according to DRAMeXchange. With the peak season for smartphone shipments ...
Tags: 4Q15, DRAM, mobile DRAM, SK Hynix
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Imports Were Subdued in Another Sign of Continued Weakness
Mar 9, 2015China's trade rebounded in February from the previous month's surprise contraction, but imports were subdued in another sign of continued weakness in the world's second-largest economy. Exports surged 48.9 percent in February from a year ...
Tags: Dipping Imports, February exports
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Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Expects Its Capex for 2015 to Exceed Nt$1.5 Billion
Mar 5, 2015Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and test services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the manufacture of LEDs, expects its capex for 2015 to exceed NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million). The capex will be ...
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China's Manufacturing Activity Weakens in Dec.
Jan 1, 2015Chinese manufacturers signalled weaker growth momentum at the end of 2014, fresh evidence of headwinds facing the Chinese economy, a recent HSBC report showed. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index ...
Tags: Manufacturing Activity
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Goodway Will Earn NT$5.5 Per Share This Year on Consolidated Revenues of NT$7.5 Billion
Nov 11, 2014Industry executives predict that Taiwan's machine-tool maker Goodway Machine Corp. will earn NT$5.5 per share this year on consolidated revenues of NT$7.5 billion (US$250.0 million at NT$30:US$1) and NT$8 billion (US$266.6 million), thanks ...
Tags: Goodway Machine, machine-tool
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Acerinox S.A. Has Reported a Net Profit of EUR76.1 Million in The First Half
Aug 12, 2014The Spanish stainless steel producer Acerinox S.A. has reported a net profit of €76.1 million in the first half of the current year, increasing by 373 percent compared to the same period of 2013, while its net sales came to €2.17 ...
Tags: stainless steel, Acerinox S.A., steel
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NSSMC Has Announced Its Financial Results for The First Quarter Ended June 30
Aug 12, 2014The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2014-15, posting a net profit of JPY 48.3 billion ...
Tags: NSSMC, announce, financial results
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Insteel Industries Announced That Net Earnings for Its Fiscal Q2 Ended March 29, 2014
Apr 23, 2014Mount Airy, North Carolina-based wire producer Insteel Industries, Inc. announced that net earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended March 29, 2014 totaled $3.5 million, or $0.19 per share compared with $3.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted ...
Tags: Insteel Industries, wire producer
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Evraz Group Has Announced That This Year Its Crude Steel Output Down 9.2% in Q1
Apr 17, 2014Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has announced that in the first quarter this year its crude steel output amounted to 3.7 million mt, down 9.2 percent year on year. In the given quarter, the crude steel production of the ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Evraz
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A Week of Talking About Ambitious Plans for The Chinese Economy Were Released
Mar 12, 2014A week of talking about ambitious plans for the Chinese economy was followed by a weekend of reality as key economic data were released. Journalists in Beijing flocked around a beleaguered spokesman whilst analysts elsewhere were cursing ...
Tags: Chinese economy, export data
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NRF Calculated That Retail Employment Was Down 21,600 Jobs in January 2014
Feb 26, 2014The National Retail Federation (NRF) calculated that retail employment was down 21,600 jobs in January 2014, yet up 230,000 jobs year-over-year. December retail employment figures were revised up to a gain of 57,000 jobs. The Bureau of ...
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ASE Expects Its First-Quarter Shipments to Decrease 12-15%
Feb 12, 2014Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), the world’s largest chip packaging and testing company, expects its first-quarter shipments to decrease 12-15% sequentially due to seasonal factors, as well as a partial shutdown of its K7 ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Electronics