Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
LCD-TV prices in the US have risen sharply recently as new models are introduced and promotions die down, according to a report by iSuppli.Average prices for LCD-TVs in the US rose from $1,136 in July compared to $1,060 the previous month, an increase of 7.2 percent, which was the highest increase in a year.
This was also a 2.8 percent increase on the same time last year, where the average price was $1,104. The price hike is seen as unusual, particularly considering declines in prices in May and June.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
Soaring demand for semiconductors has been rapidly lifting the fabrication industry in Oregon and Southwest Washington, pushing some manufacturers to maximum capacity and forcing them to look for expansion possibilities.
Hot demand for chip-driven equipment - from industrial lasers to iPads - has been driving semiconductor demand far ahead of the halting overall economy, observers say.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
The top 100 U.S. job markets lost 3.5 million manufacturing jobs, or 34 percent, since 2000, the analysis found.
The study of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics was conducted by Business First of Buffalo, N.Y., a sister publication of the Birmingham Business Journal. Both are owned by American City Business Journals.
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Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010
Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s No. 2 memory chip maker, said it plans to invest 677.0 billion won ($572.7 million) to expand an existing facility.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s biggest chipmaker, forecast profit margins will rise this quarter as sales increase, after the company posted its first profit in more than three years.
Third-quarter revenue may climb as much as six percent from $381.1 million in the previous three months, the Shanghai-based company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday. Gross profit margin, the percentage of sales left after deducting production costs, will probably widen to 22 percent from last quarter’s 15.6 percent, according to Semiconductor Manufacturing.
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