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EETimes Supply Network - Tue Dec 1, 1:01 pm ET
Contrary to one report, the foundry business is hot, as Taiwan vendors are sold out and leading-edge yields are improving, according to an analyst. Presented By: NEC Ads by Pheedo
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 10:15 am ET
GLOUCESTER, MA--(Marketwire - 12/04/09) - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - News ) was presented today with a prestigious 2009 Supplier award from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (NYSE: TSM - News ). Only six of TSMC's dozens of equipment suppliers were recognized this year for extraordinary efforts during the most difficult period in the history of ...
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EETimes - Thu Dec 3, 8:19 pm ET
Market research firm revised its 2009 PC sales forecast thanks to better-than-expected third quarter shipments and said Taiwan's Acer moved into the No. 2 position in global PC sales in the third quarter. Taiwan - Acer - Personal computer - Asia - Market research
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Engadget - Thu Dec 3, 10:15 pm ET
Would you pay $1,200 for an as-of-yet unreleased Intel Core i9 chip? Hard to say if the transaction actually occurred, but an auction recently ended from a Taiwanese eBay user who claims to be selling a six-core, 2.4GHz Xeon Westmere Gulftown processor. We can't vouch for the validity of the listing, but those are some pretty convincing pictures being tossed around -- ones that aren't blurred ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 12:04 am ET
The lowest birth rate in the world and a rapidly ageing society could lead to a spate of social problems in Taiwan, a report cited the Taiwanese health minister as saying on Saturday.
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Computerworld - Thu Dec 3, 7:25 pm ET
Computerworld - Lifted by fast-growing notebook shipments, Taiwan's Acer Inc. grabbed the No. 2 spot in the global PC market for the first time over Dell Inc., according to iSuppli Corp.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:16 pm ET
European and U.S. stock markets pared much of their gains Friday as investors reassessed an upbeat U.S. jobs report and a surging dollar hit commodity stocks hard, particularly in London.
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Washington Post - 1 hour 55 minutes ago
National Zoo announces that giant panda's time in D.C. is almost up.
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INO News - Mon Nov 30, 10:25 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Markit Economics reported that the Taiwan HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index stood at a seasonally adjusted 58.4 in November, down from 59.8 in the previous month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below 50 suggests contraction.
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Geek.com - Wed Dec 2, 12:58 pm ET
If there’s one thing besides a fruity fantasy setting that defines the design of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game: its inability to be “beaten.” Think about it. While every other game out there can be beaten, or finished, that’s not in the best interests of MMORPG designers, who want to eke out that $15 monthly [...]
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ET
European and U.S. stock markets shot higher Friday after much better than expected U.S. jobs data fueled optimism about the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 4, 8:12 am ET
China guaranteed its first gold medal at the East Asian Games with victories in both semifinals of the men's snooker competition Friday. China is expected to dominate the nine-region event after a successful Olympic campaign on home turf -- it won 51 gold medals in Beijing last year -- and it locked up its first gold medal a day before the official start of competition.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 9:17 am ET
European stock markets and Wall Street futures shot higher Friday after much better than expected U.S. jobs data fueled optimism about the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy.
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The Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour 47 minutes ago
Born in the US, panda Tai Shan won the hearts of visitors to Washington's National Zoo. But under an agreement with China, he'll now be part of a panda breeding program there.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 5:41 pm ET
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies gained this week, led by the Philippine peso and South Korea’s won, as signs a regional economic recovery is gathering pace boosted appetite for emerging-market assets.