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Former Western Digital Chairman Matthew Massengill Joins GT Solar's Board of Directors
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLR), a global provider of specialized equipment and technology for the solar power industry, today announced that it
Ethernet Alliance(R) Hosts Webcast to Explore the Market and Emerging Applications for PoE Plus
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ethernet Alliance today announces a free educational webcast titled “PoE Plus: Impact on the PoE Market.
Procter & Gamble profit surges 33%
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Procter & Gamble Co. reported Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit soared 33%, helped by price increases, overseas sales and tax benefits. The maker of Tide detergent, Gillette shavers and Pampers diapers said profit rose to $3.02 billion, or 92 cents per share, from $2.27 billion, or 67 cents per share. Excluding tax benefits, P&G earned [...]
Next Inning Technology Previews Earnings for Diodes, Inc., IXYS, Microsemi, and ON Semiconductor
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for Diodes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), IXYS (Nasdaq: ), Microsemi (Nasdaq: ) and On Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ). In a series of reports released in March, Editor Paul McWilliams advised readers it was time to buy specific tech stocks....
Altria 2Q profit falls 58 percent
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Altria Group says its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent, as last year included the company’s now-separate international cigarette unit. The Richmond, Va.-based company that owns cigarette maker Philip Morris USA says it made $930 million, or 45 cents per share, compared with profit of $2.22 billion, or $1.05 per share, during the same period last year. Excluding [...]
Free of one-time charge, AEP 2Q jumps 56 percent
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
American Electric Power says its second quarter earnings rose 56 percent from a year ago when it recorded a $79 million charge to pay refunds to customers in Virginia. Columbus, Ohio-based AEP said Thursday that it made $281 million, or 70 cents per share, for the quarter ended June 30 compared with a profit of $180 [...]
Summary Box: Kraft Foods 2nd-quarter profit rises
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
THE QUARTER: Kraft Foods Inc. reported a nearly 4 percent growth in the second quarter, saying higher prices helped offset rising costs. THE PRICES: Across the board, prices for Kraft’s portfolio were up on average 7 percent in the quarter. Prices for cheese ranged from 6 percent to 33 percent higher than they were last year, [...]
Tech Winners & Losers: Juniper
The Street (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
A second-quarter earnings beat drives shares higher.
Microsemi Corp. F3Q08 (Qtr End 29/6/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Microsemi Corp. (MSCC) F3Q08 (Qtr End 29/6/08) Earnings Call Complete Story »
Microsemi fiscal 3rd-quarter profit up 60 percent
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Microsemi Corp. , a maker of power-regulation chips, on Thursday said its profit jumped 60 percent in its fiscal third quarter and raised its forecast for the current quarter.
Catalyst Semi decides size matters, succumbs to ON
Money Out Blog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
ON Semiconductor Corp. agreed Thursday to buy Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. in a $115 million stock deal that continues the consolidation of chipmakers that lack the economies of scale to compete...
Microsemi bolsters presence in high-performance chip space
Money Out Blog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Semiconductor maker Microsemi Corp. [MSCC] is buying Semicoa, a privately held, 40-year-old maker of chips for the high-reliability military, commercial aerospace and satellite markets in a $25 million deal CEO James...
Microsemi buys Semicoa for 5 million - EETimes.com
Arik's blog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Microsemi buys Semicoa for 5 million EETimes.com - 1 hour ago (MDT) of Westford, Mass. for .8 million ; the smaller, about million, acquisition of TSI Microelectronics Corp. (TSI) earlier this year, ...















