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| Factory orders retreat in November |
1/7/2003 |
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Orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell 0.8 percent to $319.27 billion in November after a 1.4 percent rise in October, the government said Tuesday, reflecting weaker demand for durable goods.
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| AT&T to axe 3,500 jobs |
1/6/2003 |
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AT&T Corp. said Monday it will slash 3,500 jobs in its business services division and take $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter charges, mainly to reflect losses on investments in its Latin America subsidiary.
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| PC sales outlook still bleak |
1/6/2003 |
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The outlook of the PC sales in the new year is still grim. The amount of retail PCs sold over the 2002 holidays dipped from an already dismal 2001, with desktop computers sliding 15 percent to 20 percent, according to preliminary estimates from research firm NPDTechworld.
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| Elpida needs more cash injection |
1/6/2003 |
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Hitachi and NEC Corp., have asked Intel Corp. to invest in their joint DRAM company, Elpida, according to a Reuters report today.
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| Gateway to "realign" |
1/6/2003 |
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PC maker Gateway is set to reshuffle its management and rework its strategy after a disappointing holiday season, according to a report.
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| Taiwan to discourage investment flows to China |
1/3/2003 |
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Starting from Jan. 1, one person holding a 5 percent stake or more of a holding company will be regarded a major shareholder of the company and should apply to the government for approval for any China investment projects the major shareholder is involved.
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| SZ-ATE, now a division of Credence |
1/3/2003 |
Credence now owns SZ Test’s portfolio of ATE, which is primarily focused on the advanced analog, power, automotive and communications markets.
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| Via Tecnologies hanging on |
1/3/2003 |
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Despite December’s net sales of $53.2 million falling 20.2 percent below November’s levels, the company said its Q4 was still 12 percent greater than its Q3.
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| Taiwan court rules in favor of Intel over Via |
1/3/2003 |
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The Taipei District Court on Tuesday here ruled that executives from Intel Corp. and other parties were not guilty of destroying Via Technologies Inc.'s property at 2001 Computex Show.
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| Micron settles flash patent case with SanDisk |
1/3/2003 |
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Last year, SanDisk, Sunnyvale, Calif., filed a complaint in federal court against Micron, Boise, Idaho, for alleged infringement of a fundamental solid state flash memory system patent held by SanDisk.
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| Nanya reduces outlook and capital budget |
1/2/2003 |
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Nanya will reduce half of its capital expenditures from NT$ 27.4 billion to NT$ 13.7 billion this year. Nanya’s vice president, Moor H.M. Chen said the reduction of capital expenditures due to their 12-inch joint venture contribution with Infineon Technologies.
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| 10% semi growth led by PC and wireless predicted |
1/2/2003 |
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Citing a new replacement cycle in wireless and PCs, the semiconductor industry is expected to grow a respectable 10 percent in 2003 over 2002, according to a report from WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC
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| Micron outraged by Hynix bailout |
1/2/2003 |
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"The bailout decision was also made despite repeated protests in recent weeks by US Congressional representatives and the US Embassy in Korea to stop further government subsidization of Hynix".
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| Asustek to expand production in China |
12/31/2002 |
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Executives at Asustek Computer said that its China’s affiliates had obtained motherboard orders from Intel, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard. Asustek has now set up five manufacturing companies mostly in Suzhou, China as the manufacturing base.
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| Samsung sets Capex on expansion. |
12/31/2002 |
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Earlier Tuesday, the China Daily in mainland China reported that Samsung plans to invest $7.3 billion to expand its operations in China. The investment would expand its LCD operations.
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| 2003 spotlights on DRAM for handsets |
12/31/2002 |
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Though the use of DRAM in cell phones is still rare, some chip makers are betting that phone manufacturers are ready to switch from SRAM to lower-cost DRAM as they ship more handsets with multimedia capabilities and color screens.
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| Global DRAM manufacturers anger at Hynix recent bail out |
12/31/2002 |
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The bailout will anger U.S. and other foreign competitors, which charge that Hynix and other Korean companies have benefited from unfair government subsidies. Micron Technology Inc. of the United States and Infineon Technologies AG of Germany filed complaints this year with the U.S. Commerce Department and the European Union.
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| Semi sales end year with a good note |
12/31/2002 |
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The month-to-month climb continued the trend that began in the fourth quarter of 2001. November sales are up 19.6% from November 2001 sales of $10.60 billion.
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| UMC takes equity in SiS at infringement settlement |
12/30/2002 |
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UMC is to take three seats on the SiS board of directors. The two companies are to cooperate in production capacity and process technology in the future and engage in a mutual technology licensing.
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