TOKYO | Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:27pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp is set to post a group net loss of 300 billion yen ($3.95 billion) in the year to March 2012, hurt by a global slowdown and the yen’s strength, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. The loss would [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by admin
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:49pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Prices for hard drives are jumping as flooding in Thailand creates a shortage of the major component used in personal computers and one big customer is complaining of price gouging. Drive manufacturers have raised prices by 20 to 40 [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by admin
SEOUL | Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:03pm EDT SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics’ president expected Thailand floods to further hit the computer memory chip market by hurting PC production until the first quarter of next year. The flooding since July hit production of hard disk drives (HDD) in the world’s No.2 producer of the major [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by admin
For the first time, Samsung Electronics Co. shipped more smartphones in the latest quarter than tech industry darling Apple Inc. On the surface, this may look like a big upset in a world that affords the iPhone maker adulation and outsized expectations. The real reason, however, has more to do with timing and Samsung’s … Article [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by admin
For the first time, Samsung Electronics Co. shipped more smartphones in the latest quarter than tech industry darling Apple Inc. On the surface, this may look like a big upset in a world that affords the iPhone maker adulation and outsized expectations. The real reason, however, has more to do with timing and Samsung’s … Article [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by admin