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| Arrow to cut 400 jobs |
5/29/2003 |
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Arrow Electronics announced that will eliminate 400 jobs, or about 3 percent of the company's global work force.
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| Altis Semi to produce MRAM for IBM |
5/29/2003 |
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Altis Semiconductor, a joint venture wafer fabrication facility owned by IBM and Infineon Technologies, has been given the job of turning MRAM technology into a commercial product
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| AMD cut Athlon XP price |
5/28/2003 |
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AMD cut prices on its mainstream Athlon XP processor to compete head-on with Intel's Celeron.
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| Phoenix launch software to disable stolen PC |
5/27/2003 |
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Phoenix Technologies and Softex have team up to offer software called TheftGuard, which is designed to automatically disable any stolen PC connected to the Internet.
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| Online retail sale up 26% |
5/27/2003 |
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Online retail sales rose 25.9 percent during the first quarter of 2003, according to a new report from the Department of Commerce
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| Philips closes UK CRT factories |
5/27/2003 |
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LG.Philips Displays has announced it would close several of its UK facilities for manufacturing CRT tubes and materials.
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| Taiwan government see SARS as bad and good |
5/23/2003 |
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The economic impact of SARS might be more critical than the emergency generated by the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The simultaneous outbreaks of SARS in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong will prompt entrepreneurs to rethink their global business strategies.
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| New law introduced to close Visa loophole |
5/23/2003 |
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Mica said the bill, HR 2154, would close "a loophole in current immigration law and protecting American jobs." The bill prevents employers from renting employees to third parties once they arrive in the U.S., a practice Mica said provides U.S. corporations a "back door to cheap labor."
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| HP selects Infineon technology for secure PC |
5/23/2003 |
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Infineon Technologies A.G. Thursday said that Hewlett-Packard Co. has selected the German chipmaker's Trusted Platform Module for use to enhance desktop security in the HP d530 series of business PCs.
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| Automobile blackbox technology evolves |
5/23/2003 |
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"Using eDevices' black box and database, we'll be able to know when there has been a true accident by examining G force vectors in the cabs to determine the speed at which the cab was traveling before impact,"
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| SGI cuts 10% of staff to stay afloat |
5/23/2003 |
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"Today's announcement reflects our determination to take the steps required to improve the company's financial position and reduce its breakeven point. Our intent is to bring expenses in line with revenues."
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| TSMC China fab delay on SARS |
5/22/2003 |
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The cases of SARS in China and Hong Kong are slowing down, few overseas projects reported by local news magazine said TSMC's wafer fab in China also slow down due to spread of SARS and weak semiconductor demand in China.
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| China market feeling pinch from SARS |
5/22/2003 |
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With many Chinese citizens trying to protect themselves from the disease by shutting themselves in and not going out, there isn't much need for cell phones, and little interest in going shopping for a new PC.
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