TAIPEI: Toy-kin ICs are set to push up demand in the market with toy makers starting to build inventories for the year-end buying period of the year. Players such as Alpha Microelectronics, Holtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics, Sonix Technology and Sunplus Technology are amid the many who have kicked off building up inventory eyeing year-expiration sales. [...]
Factory revenue in the global server market rose in the first quarter, ending a nearly two-year slump brought on by the economic recession. Market researcher IDC reported Friday that revenue in the quarter reached $10.4 billion, 4.7% higher than the same period a year ago. The year-over-over increase was the first in seven quarters. More [...]
The wiki that the General Services Administration is piloting to engage more people in the government procurement process is slowly gaining momentum, said the executive in charge of the project. Through a pilot website called BetterBuy launched a few months ago, the GSA is providing a wiki for vendors to provide feedback on acquisitions and [...]
The Hollywood star was virtually unrecognisable as he donned a fat suit and a abandoned cap to play the dancing movie executive in the hit 2008 film – a role which earned Cruise a Golden Globe nomination. He has at that time stepped back into character to film promos for the prize-giving formality, which is [...]
Sir Anthony Bamford, left, and David Cameron at the official opening of JCB’s plant at Pune, India, in 2006. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA One of the Conservative party’s leading donors withdrew his name from consideration for a peerage last week, days before the new members of the House of Lords were announced, party sources confirmed yesterday. [...]
When CTFs go, where will parents save for their children’s future? Photograph: Getty The government is facing increasing pressure to offer a tax-free savings vehicle for children after saying it will scrap the child trust fund. The coalition government has confirmed it will introduce legislation to cut the money given to newborn babies from 1 [...]
Save the Children makes absolutely no apology for being involved in prime-time television to highlight child poverty (“Give generously. But don’t donate to Poverty TV”, Barbara Ellen). Figures reveal that 2.8 million children in this country still live in poverty, 600,000 down from 10 years ago, but still way behind the government target of eradicating [...]
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Apple Inc has tied up through NetComm Limited, a developer of broadband technology, to launch the latter’s pocket-sized mobile 3G WiFi router. Weighing at 77g, the router has integrated lithium-ion battery delivers efficiency for up to six hours of operation and 40 hours whilst useless. The router, MyZone, positioned between a 3G USB [...]
The Superbad star, 26, is trying to shape up and lose weight after piling up~ the pounds in recent years, and Hill admits he has a renovated must-have he asks for on every production. He tells People warehouse, “I recently started exercising a lot. It’s been going indeed well, so I’ve been asking for a [...]
Buffed…Taylor Lautner stars as Jacob in Twilight Eclipse. Peter Facinelli competes with his Twilight Saga co-stars over who can spend most time at the gym. The 36-year-old star – who plays Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the vampire movie franchise – admits there is an “unspoken competition” between the actors over who can get the fittest. [...]
