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| China's labor rate may drive world inflation |
1/10/2005 |
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With the Chinese yuan still artificially low compared with the U.S. dollar, it could escalate international pressure to float the yuan. That, in turn, would increase inflation in countries that rely on inexpensive manufactured goods from China.
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| Joint development for U3 flash drive platform |
1/10/2005 |
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M-Systems and SanDisk, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., intend U3 to transform USB flash drives into consumer products people can use to carry, store and launch their own applications and data on any PC wherever they go.
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| FCC's Powell: Hands off policy |
1/10/2005 |
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"Ask yourself: If you want something at home, and you want to be able to do this, why should the government have a role that says you can't?"
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| Extra H1-B visa allocated |
1/10/2005 |
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U.S. is believed to have recently allotted an additional 20,000 H-1B visas for Indians who had completed their master's degrees from an American university.
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| Sony to buy Taiwan Chi Mei small LCD facility |
1/10/2005 |
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With completion of the acquisition, Sony will take over the production facility and its 420 employees at the Yasu plant, which has a third-generation LCD line that employs 550- x 650-mm substrates.
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| IBM leads $2.7B Investment in NY |
1/6/2005 |
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IBM will lead a $2.7 billion investment in a next generation chip plant with help from co-investors Sony, Toshiba and Samsung.
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| IDT samples AMB device for FBDIMM Memory |
1/4/2005 |
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Integrated Device Technology announced that it is sampling its new advanced memory buffer (AMB) device to multiple fully buffered dual-inline memory module (FB-DIMM) manufacturers.
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| Time Warner to become quadruple player |
12/30/2004 |
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The deal would allow the cable provider to offer cell phone service. Such a deal would make the unit of Time Warner Inc. the only major cable company to offer the so-called ``quadruple play'' - television, high-speed Internet access and both wired and wireless phone service.
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| Oracle seals PeopleSoft deal with control share |
12/30/2004 |
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Oracle has designated four representatives to serve on PeopleSoft's board, replacing PeopleSoft board members who have resigned and giving Oracle majority board representation.
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| Appeals court ruled VOIP as data service |
12/30/2004 |
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Because Internet telephoning is not considered to be a telephone service, according to the court decisions, states and municipalities will likely be blocked from regulating--and taxing--the service.
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| China boosted tax rebate to help trade |
12/30/2004 |
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The product areas affected include ICs, discrete components, LCD and CRT monitors as well as hard disk drives, mobile phones and mobile phone base stations as well as a range of other IT products.
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| Samsung set aside $100m for price fixing |
12/30/2004 |
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The DRAM price fixing case has the makings of the biggest scandal in the history of the semiconductor industry Back in 2002, Hynix, Infineon, Micron, Samsung and other memory makers confirmed that the U.S. Justice Department undertook an industry-wide investigation into alleged price fixing practices.
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