Saturday, January 31, 2009

California Cracks Down on Power-Hungry TVs - FOXNews


Scientific American

California Cracks Down on Power-Hungry TVs
FOXNews - Jan 30, 2009
... that many TVs that are larger and more fully featured could not meet," said Doug Johnson, a technology expert at the Consumer Electronics Association. ...
TV's Face State Energy Regulation News10.net
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From the Editors: Time for New Idea on County Taxes - Shepherdstown Observer


From the Editors: Time for New Idea on County Taxes
Shepherdstown Observer, WV - 6 hours ago
In all these examples the assessora s office was not following the up-to-date state rules, and in two cases it took a circuit court judge to make the ...

Consumer electronics sales poised to defy global trend - GulfNews


Consumer electronics sales poised to defy global trend
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours ago
By Naushad K. Cherrayil, Staff Reporter Dubai: The Middle East's consumer electronics and technology market is poised to defy the global economic slowdown ...

Community gets its grocery store back - Kansas City Star


Community gets its grocery store back
Kansas City Star, MO - 12 hours ago
John Beck, a member of the school board, drove to Kansas City and brought back shelving from a closed Circuit City. Coca-Cola donated a couple of coolers. ...

Wall Street nosedives on economic data - Channel News Asia


The Associated Press

Wall Street nosedives on economic data
Channel News Asia, Singapore - 19 hours ago
Exxon Mobil, the Dow's biggest component, slipped 0.68 percent to 76.48 after posting a 2008 net profit of 45.22 billion dollars, the largest annual profit ...
US STOCKS-Deepening economic slump pummels Wall St guardian.co.uk
US STOCKS-Wall Street sinks as economic woes mount guardian.co.uk
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Friday, January 30, 2009

An HD Super Bowl, the Best Game in Town - Smartmoney.com


An HD Super Bowl, the Best Game in Town
Smartmoney.com - 13 hours ago
Last year, nearly one out of every 10 HDTVs was purchased to watch the Super Bowl, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. ...
Super Bowl Will Drive 2.6 Million HDTV Sales, Says CEA Earthtimes (press release)
VIZIO 'America's HDTV Company' Announces High Definition ... PR Newswire (press release)
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TTM Technologies, Inc. to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners ... - PressReleasePoint (press release)


TTM Technologies, Inc. to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners ...
PressReleasePoint (press release), India - 2 hours ago
Steve Richards, CFO, and Shane Whiteside, COO, will discuss TTM's successful strategy and its ability to capture market share in the printed circuit board ...

Thrills, spills and low bills - Financial Times


Thrills, spills and low bills
Financial Times, UK - 5 hours ago
... above the trackpad and integrated DVD-RW drive - another feature that distinguishes the Toughbook line from the many laptops that lack an optical drive. ...

NEC Will Exit LCD Panel Market Amid Rising Losses - Sci-Tech Today


Boston Globe

NEC Will Exit LCD Panel Market Amid Rising Losses
Sci-Tech Today - 2 hours ago
NEC's semiconductor business has also been struggling. Sales at NEC Electronics decreased 25.5 percent year to year, to 127.3 billion yen (US.42 billion) ...
Toshiba, NEC consider alliance in semiconductor business Monsters and Critics.com
Japan's chip makers seek mergers to survive guardian.co.uk
NEC To Cut 20000 Workers; Eyeing Toshiba Agreement? ChannelWeb
MarketWatch - Bloomberg
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Hoped-For 2009 Recovery In Chip Market Now Looks Unlikely - CNNMoney.com


Hoped-For 2009 Recovery In Chip Market Now Looks Unlikely
CNNMoney.com - 5 hours ago
Many chip makers and analysts had predicted, as recently as earlier this month, that improvements in the semiconductor market could begin in the second half ...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Abnormal Price ... - Insurance News Net (press release)


BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Abnormal Price ...
Insurance News Net (press release), PA - 5 hours ago
... warheads, fuzes, missile defense divert and control systems, electronic warfare and aircraft integration products, structural and engine components, ...

Seoul shares end 0.4 pct lower; but Hynix rallies - Reuters


Newsweek

Seoul shares end 0.4 pct lower; but Hynix rallies
Reuters - 9 hours ago
... a market analyst at Hyundai Securities. Hynix Semiconductor (000660.KS) advanced 13 percent on the same day floated 60 million new shares. ...
Seoul shares down as econ worries weigh; Hynix up Reuters
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Cellphones warm up to magnetic coupling - EETimes.com


Cellphones warm up to magnetic coupling
EETimes.com - 1 hour ago
... unless there is a larger market," said Schuessler, indicating an all-too-familiar chicken-and-egg game in electronics. Although most of the components ...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Losing Stocks ... - Trading Markets (press release)


BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Losing Stocks ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 25 minutes ago
This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive ...

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. - Zacks.com


Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.
Zacks.com, IL - 4 hours ago
Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. designs and manufactures flexible printed circuit boards and related components for the electronics industry. ...

VIPR Industries Inc. Developing Highly Prospective Gold - TransWorldNews (press release)


VIPR Industries Inc. Developing Highly Prospective Gold
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 1 hour ago
Cree, Inc. develops and manufactures semiconductor materials and devices primarily based on silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), ...

Plummeting profit could help Howard Stringer turn Sony around - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Plummeting profit could help Howard Stringer turn Sony around
Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours ago
When Stringer took over Sony four years ago, he promised to reverse the company's eroding market share in its core consumer electronics business by ...

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Super Bowl May Spur Fewer TV Sales as Retailers Fight Slump - Bloomberg


Super Bowl May Spur Fewer TV Sales as Retailers Fight Slump
Bloomberg - 11 minutes ago
Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, increased marketing and cut prices of consumer electronics this year. Its flat-panel TV sales jumped 25 percent ...

Exec calls for laser diode foundry - EETimes.com


Exec calls for laser diode foundry
EETimes.com - 3 hours ago
Telecom is the one slice of the laser component market under intense pressure, he said, characterizing the downturn in chips as "one of the deepest ...

Samsung Touts Highest Density Memory Chip - InformationWeek


Samsung Touts Highest Density Memory Chip
InformationWeek, NY - 2 hours ago
The market, however, has been hit extremely hard by the economic downturn, which has caused a slump in the PC and consumer electronics market. ...

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call ... - Seeking Alpha


Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha, NY - 2 hours ago
On this front, Fairchild Semiconductor made considerable progress in 2008. We believe we can hold market share on our baseline business, while gaining share ...
Fairchild Semiconductor Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and ... MarketWatch (press release)
Fairchild Semiconductor Slips To Loss In Q4, Revenue Declines ... RTT News
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Microchip Technology Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter ... - Stockhouse


Microchip Technology Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter ...
Stockhouse, Canada - 2 hours ago
Microchip also announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 33.9 cents per share. ...

US STOCKS-Deepening economic slump pummels Wall St - guardian.co.uk


HispanicBusiness.com

US STOCKS-Deepening economic slump pummels Wall St
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
Of the Dow's 30 components, only three were higher -- diversified manufacturer 3M, up 2.5 percent at 6.83; drug maker Merck & Co, up 0.6 percent at 8.95 ...
Stocks turn mixed CNNMoney.com
Stocks Giving Back Some Ground But Remain Mostly Positive - US ... RTT News
US Stocks Up On Financials; Earnings Mixed; Economy Weak MarketWatch
guardian.co.uk
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Lear posts loss, seeks new credit terms - Forbes


Lear posts loss, seeks new credit terms
Forbes, NY - 9 hours ago
Lear's seating business carries a higher profit margin than its sales of electrical and electronic components, but the company has been making a push to ...

DesignCon 2009 Profiles - MarketWatch (press release)


DesignCon 2009 Profiles
MarketWatch (press release) - 1 hour ago
Our probing systems offer unique features allowing simultaneous probing of multiple board interconnects, plus GTL's revolutionary two-sided probing ...

Essilor : 2008 Revenue - FOXBusiness


Essilor : 2008 Revenue
FOXBusiness - 4 hours ago
Lastly, Essilor acquired the assets of Hi-Tech Optical Inc. and Pinnacle LLC, two Nebraska-based labs with combined revenue of million. ...

Cree Announces Sample Release of Two New GaN HEMT Microwave ... - MSNBC


Cree Announces Sample Release of Two New GaN HEMT Microwave ...
MSNBC - 2 hours ago
Due to the unique combination of high RF power density, low capacitance and high thermal conductivity silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, these transistors ...

Electronics gas market slump - Gasworld.com (subscription)


Electronics gas market slump
Gasworld.com (subscription), UK - 3 hours ago
The past three years has seen the semiconductor market move along comparatively firmly, yet demand has taken a turn for the worse since Spring 2008, ...

Indian semiconductor market faces recession - IT Examiner


Siliconindia.com

Indian semiconductor market faces recession
IT Examiner, India - 23 hours ago
Wireless handsets, communication, rural telephony, will play a big role in developing the semiconductor market.a The total available market (TAM), ...
Indian semiconductor industry's growth slashed by 50% Business Standard
Semiconductor industry in India may hold its own in downturn Livemint
Slowdown may dip Indian chip market growth by 50 percent Thaindian.com
Livemint
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CTS announces Q4 and Full-Year 2008 financial results - EMSNow (press release)


Los Angeles Business Journal

CTS announces Q4 and Full-Year 2008 financial results
EMSNow (press release), UK - 39 minutes ago
Components and Sensors segment sales increased 4% year-over-year primarily driven by a 15% increase in electronic component sales. ...
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. Reports Annual Net Income of 1.3 ... StreetInsider.com (subscription)
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Sony and Toshiba Report Losses for Quarter - New York Times


Washington Post

Sony and Toshiba Report Losses for Quarter
New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago
... is for Mr. Stringer to implement the changes. a They now need to do what they say,a said David Gibson, consumer electronics analyst at Macquarie in Tokyo.
Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss as Chip Prices Plunge Bloomberg
Consumer crunch hits Japan, Sony and Toshiba feel pain ElectronicsWeekly.com
Sony profit tumbles 95% on weak demand, strong yen MarketWatch
Los Angeles Times - AFP
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Indian semiconductor market parameters are not so common with ... - EE Herald


Indian semiconductor market parameters are not so common with ...
EE Herald, India - 2 hours ago
Since the present downturn of world semiconductor market is more related to economic recession faced mainly by US, Europe and economies dependent on them, ...

Lenovo's SMB Strategy Targets Dell, HP - CRN


Lenovo's SMB Strategy Targets Dell, HP
CRN, NY - 6 hours ago
Three laptops and three notebooks, branded Idea, were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The response to the products at the show ...

Bookham and Avanex agree to merge - Semiconductor Today


Bookham and Avanex agree to merge
Semiconductor Today, UK - 5 hours ago
After years of speculation, optical component, module and subsystem makers Bookham Inc of San Jose, CA and Avanex Corp of Fremont, CA have agreed to merge ...

Axed by a big business? Start your own. - Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor

Axed by a big business? Start your own.
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 1 hour ago
... Ore., who spent 30 years in production manufacturing and as a quality-control supervisor in the chemical and circuit-board industries. ...

Nokia Taps Bond Market for First Time With Euro Notes - Bloomberg


Nokia Taps Bond Market for First Time With Euro Notes
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
s Euro Technology & Electronics index. The benchmark includes debt with a face value of 4.7 billion euros issued by companies like Ericsson AB and Philips ...

CTS Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results - Genetic Engineering News (press release)


SYS-CON Media

CTS Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - 58 minutes ago
Components and Sensors segment sales increased 4% year-over-year primarily driven by a 15% increase in electronic component sales. ...
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. Reports Annual Net Income of 1.3 ... StreetInsider.com (subscription)
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Panasonic group to see 1st red ink in 6 yrs in FY 2008 - TMCnet


AFP

Panasonic group to see 1st red ink in 6 yrs in FY 2008
TMCnet - 3 hours ago
The slump has prompted the top Japanese consumer electronics maker to shut down three overseas manufacturing bases, including two in Malaysia, ...
Panasonic likely to post loss, close plants-Nikkei guardian.co.uk
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