
TAIEX index fell 22.86 points to 7,124.89, after opening up 0.17 percent. Biotech stocks shed 2.17 percent while electronics component makers lost 1.94 percent. UMC slipped 1.57 percent. The company said it will invest $8 billi
TAINAN, Taiwan, May 24 (Reuters) - Taiwan's UMC , the world's No.2 contract chip maker, said it will invest $8 billion in a 12-inch wafer plant in Taiwan, joining its
The main TAIEX index ended 70.00 points lower at 7,475.71, pressured by financials' 1.46 percent slide. Electronics shares shed 0.81 percent. UMC , the world's No.2 contract chip maker, and Quanta Computer the world's big
profit added to worries. The main TAIEX index opened 60.38 points lower at 7,485.33, after ending flat in prior session. UMC , the world's No.2 contract chip maker, and Quanta Computer the world's biggest laptop PC contract manufacturer, both
TAIPEI, May 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan's UMC , the world's No.2 contract chipmaker, said on Tuesday its April sales fell 4.6 percent from a year earlier.
By Kevin Chen : Stock Analyzed: Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ( ACTS ) Current Stock Price (as of May 2, 2012): $1.70 Arbitration Fair Value Assessment: $4.00 or higher As mainly a value investor, I pay a lot of attention to companies with a strong business model that are below their current book
more than four times as much as its next-largest competitor, UMC .As more semiconductor firms outsource their manufacturing functions ..... lead over its next closest competitor, United Microelectronics UMC , TSMC has the ability to put significantly more resources into
UMC tends to see long-term pricing pressure ..... is competitive and commoditylike in nature. UMC has consistently earned lower gross margins ..... takes technological leads.A once-loyal UMC customer, Xilinx, has elected to also use
profitability for TSMC. We'll continue to monitor 28nm expansion in the coming months; if competitors like United Microelectronics UMC , Samsung, and GlobalFoundries start to spend far too much on 28nm capacity and the supply/demand imbalance shifts toward
riskier sectors such as electricals components and panel makers declining while defensives such as oil and gas gained. Chipmaker UMC pared early gains to end up 0.34 percent after posting a first-quarter net profit that beat forecasts and saying it sees