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Taiwan's AU Optronics to build three new flat panel plants

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Taiwan's leading flat panel maker AU Optronics Corp. plans to build three plants at a cost of many billions of dollars, a science park official and a newspaper said Wednesday.


HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition

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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge - stiffer personal-computer competition - that ...


Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems

August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical problems over the past three days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out.


Qwest reaches labor agreement with 2 unions

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired, both sides said early Monday.


Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires

August 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union kept negotiating Sunday as a labor contract expired.


Qwest, unions agree on new contracts

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union have tentatively agreed on a contract about a day after the previous one expired, both sides said Monday.


Electronic Arts won't extend Take-Two deadline

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. may be retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal - and a friendly one at that - is more likely than ever.


Netflix resumes normal shipping after 3-day glitch

August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical problems, a spokesman said.


Qwest union contract expires Saturday

August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The labor contract with the largest union at Qwest Communications International Inc. expires Saturday, little more than a week before the company is to provide phone and Internet service for the Democratic National ...


Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members

August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.


EBay in talks to buy minority stake in Gmarket

August 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket.


Unions set Sunday deadline for Verizon talks

August 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week.


Lenovo says quarterly profits up 65 percent

August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's No. 4 PC maker, said Thursday its quarterly profit rose 65 percent as strong sales in China and emerging economies offset weakness in the United States.


Cisco earnings up 4 percent, beating forecasts

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(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. reported a 4 percent increase in quarterly profit Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations by a penny per share, but signaled that the weak economy would affect results in the next ...


Siemens wants out of PC venture with Fujitsu: report

August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The German engineering group Siemens wants to sell its half of a computer joint venture with Fujitsu of Japan, a press report said on Monday, quoting people familiar with the matter.


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