| Japan Stocks Rise, Led by Banks, as U.S. Mortgage Concerns Ease http://www.bloomberg.com/ap... Electronics Articles Bloomberg - Hitachi, Japan's largest electronics maker, added 1 yen, or 0.1 percent, to 735. Hitachi will stop making personal computers for home use, a business it has had since 1978, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Fujitsu climbed 25 yen, or 3.1 ... |
| Fuel costs prompt rise in Alaska Air fares http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Electronics Articles Seattle Times - Japanese electronics company Matsushita spent $220 million in 1998 to complete a semiconductor manufacturing center in one building on the campus. Microchip Technology of Arizona bought it in 1998 with plans to employ more than 1,000 but never ... |
| UTAC's second lien notes assigned provisional '(P)B2' rating - Moody's http://www.forbes.com/marke... Electronics Articles Forbes - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a provisional '(P)B2' rating to the proposed 475 mln usd second lien notes due 2015 from Global A&T Electronics Ltd with a stable outlook. Global A&T Electronics Ltd is the new ... |
| Dell to start selling its PCs at Staples http://www.philly.com/inqui... Electronics Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - ROUND ROCK, Texas - Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure in marketing strategy by the No. 2 computer-maker. Dell and Staples, the world's biggest office-products supplier ... |
| Asian stocks rally after Wall Street rise http://www.cnbc.com/id/2009... Electronics Articles CNBC - Investors bought firms such as electronics parts maker Hon Hai Precisions Industry <2317.TW>, which makes iPods for Apple, and contract laptop PC maker Quanta Computer <2382.TW>, which supplies Apple, sending their shares up 3 percent and 4.3 ... |
| Genzyme wraps up $345m acquisition of Bioenvision http://www.boston.com/busin... Electronics Articles Boston Globe - ... computers only via the Internet and phone, in an attempt to regain market share from HP. This is the sixth retailer Dell has teamed up with to sell its computers and printers. Last month, it began selling computers at China's largest electronics ... |
| Hagemeyer posts 3.2 pct year-on-year rise in Q3 sales UPDATE http://www.cnbc.com/id/2143... Electronics Articles CNBC - Sales for the agencies/consumer electronics (ACE) business division totaled 1.1 mln eu. Analysts had expected ACE sales to come in at 1.06-1.08 mln eur. The group said foreign exchange rate movements decreased revenue by 16 mln eur, with the US dollar ... |
| Japan September consumer electronics domestic shipments up 8.0 percent http://www.forbes.com/afxne... Electronics Articles Forbes - TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - The value of domestic shipments of consumer electronic products was 8.0 percent higher at 253.6 billion yen in September from a year earlier, rising for the fourth straight month, the Japan Electronics and Information ... |
| Samsung Electronics develops more advanced flash memory chip http://www.cnbc.com/id/2142... Electronics Articles CNBC - SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players. Samsung, the world's largest maker of computer memory chips ... |
| Tossed-Out Electronics Are Reincarnated as Stop-Mo Animal Bots http://www.wired.com/cultur... Electronics Articles Wired News - Ann Smith is a creative recycler. Specifically, she transforms electronics and appliances destined for the dump into nifty gadgety animals. Some raw materials are more cooperative than others: "Sewing machines vex me," she says. "They have so many ... |