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Serving Asia's mass affluent

Insight newsmaker The CEO of a Singapore-based software house Protege talks about understanding Asia's unique banking needs and surviving amid global pressures.

Monday, June 02 2008 07:09 PM

Tags: Software, Investments, Asia, Fund Manager, software company, recession, financial, bank, entrepreneur, revenue

Taiwan govt rules out memory merger

News Consolidating six local DRAM companies is "too complicated", Taiwanese government says, leading to some affected players seeking other alternatives.

Friday, March 13 2009 06:47 PM

Tags: Memory, Processors, Mergers, Nanya Technology Corp., Powerchip Semiconductor, Chip, Chip Company, Bloomberg L.P., Sales, Government

Yahoo shares get a dose of Miracle-Gro

News The company's stock has sprung up over the past two weeks, hedge fund managers say, for a pretty down-to-Earth reason.

Tuesday, April 01 2008 09:55 AM

Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions

Reflections of an eternal optimist

Blogs We are left with very few hours of 2008--a rather volatile and difficult year for most of us. I have been meeting quite ...

Wednesday, December 31 2008 07:47 PM

Samsung's Q3 earnings may herald rosy days ahead

News Samsung's forecast of a record third-quarter profit attests to success of the Korean electronics maker's aggressive growth strategy during the economic slump.

Thursday, October 08 2009 11:53 AM

Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Peripherals, Hyundai, LCD Panel, Quarter, Profit Guidance, Hyundai Securities, TV, Memory Chip

Samsung electronics: Same CEO, new leadership team

News Korea's biggest company reorganizes hopes a reorganization of its will help it through tough times.

Tuesday, January 20 2009 11:32 AM

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Best strategies, Business structures, Mobile, TV, Cell Phone, Chip, Choi Gee Sung, CEO

Samsung Q1 earnings beat expectations

News A strong showing from the mobile-phone unit--whose profit margins beat Nokia's--helped Samsung post a US$349 million operating profit in the first quarter.

Monday, April 27 2009 11:15 AM

Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Memory Chip, Chip, Sales, LCD panel, Earnings, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., handset, industry

Oracle acquires utility-industry software developer

News Oracle announced Friday it has acquired SPL WorldGroup, which will serve as a keystone to launch a global unit focused on utility companies.

Monday, November 06 2006 09:33 AM

Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Mergers

Sony faces skepticism over Japan's first tracking stock

News Sony Corp and its bankers may have trouble selling Japan's first tracking stock as investors say they see little reason to buy the Internet shares because of concerns over control and performance.

Wednesday, May 30 2001 07:14 PM