SEOUL (Reuters) – Shareholders of Hynix Semiconductor have extended the deadline for preliminary bids for a controlling stake in the memory chip maker, in their latest efforts to find a buyer before turning to market sales.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Shoppers bought more of Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s toothpaste, soaps and body washes, helping the consumer product maker boost its fourth-quarter profit by 27 percent, the company said Thursday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – German semi-conductor maker Infineon raised on Friday the outlook for its current fiscal year after booking better than expected first quarter results thanks to the economic recovery.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Newell Rubbermaid Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit on cost-cutting and lower raw materials prices, but the maker of Rubbermaid containers and Sharpie pens said the devaluation of Venezuela’s currency would hurt 2010 earnings.
LONDON (Reuters) – Electronic Arts, maker of the Madden NFL and FIFA soccer video games, is looking to build sports games for Facebook after buying social-games maker Playfish for $275 million, and may buy other similar companies.
Motorola, maker of the Droid and other mobile phones, showed progress in its turnaround efforts Thursday but a disappointing profit forecast sent its shares sliding.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Nintendo, maker of the hit Wii game console, said profit for the April-December period fell 9.4 percent after a lackluster first half tarnished strong holiday sales.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Elpida Memory Inc. reported its first profit in nine quarters as Japan’s biggest computer-memory maker benefited from rising chip prices and higher demand for personal computers.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – NEC Corp., Japan’s largest maker of personal computers, posted a narrower loss in the third quarter after cutting costs.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Like most companies that make thousands of parts in automobiles, CTS Corp. was virtually unknown to the average car buyer.