Three major electronics manufacturers have agreed to plead guilty to a price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in the pricing of LCD display panels, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Japanese electronics makers Sharp Corp. and Pioneer Corp. announced a capital and operations tie-up Thursday that will make Sharp the top shareholder in its Tokyo-based peer.
The European Commission has expanded an informal probe into whether the licensing strategies of two rival groups of DVD developers are anti-competitive by seeking information from film studios, the EU executive said.
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Japan's Sharp Corp said Wednesday quarterly earnings rose to an all-time high on strong sales of liquid crystal display televisions, mobile phones and solar batteries.
Fortune: YULE LOG JAMupdated: Mon Dec 13 2004 00:01:00
It's two hours before quitting time, and Mickey Main's cellphone won't stop ringing. His longshoremen, the unionized dockworkers who staff Los Angeles and Long Beach's seaports, don't let up. Some ...
Singled Out? Not everyone is buying the IRS's less oppressive image. Dozens of Asian-American entrepreneurs in Los Angeles say the IRS has unfairly targeted them for audits and has selectively char...
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Perhaps it's not your idea of a dream vacation, but handheld digital gadgets are making it easier to keep up on your work as you climb a mountain in Colorado or stroll the Nantucket shoreline. Toda...
Fortune: PRODUCTS TO WATCHupdated: Mon Jan 11 1993 00:01:00
PEN-BASED WIZARD Many overworked execs have been awaiting a hand-held gizmo that's part computer and part secretary. Apple Computer's John Sculley put forward the idea of a personal digital assista...
City father Bugsy Siegel would be proud of the thousands of new products displayed at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. The exhibits included those pictured here: rain- and dog-proof ou...
Q I'm confused about the terms used to describe mutual funds. You hear about aggressive growth funds, growth funds, growth and income funds, balanced funds, equity income funds, flexible income fun...
Fortune: PRODUCTS TO WATCHupdated: Mon Jul 29 1991 00:01:00
HEAT-BEATING CHOCOLATE It's summer, and chocolate not only melts in your mouth, it also melts all over your shirt, hands, and children. Last year Hershey came up with a chocolate bar for the soldie...
Talk about a bumpy ride. For the past four years stockholders of Federal Express have been rocked by one jolt after another. In 1986 the company lost more than $300 million on its ill-starred facsi...
Is antitrust law designed to advance consumer welfare? There should not be any doubt about the answer, but the U.S. has been equivocating over it since the first federal antitrust statute, the Sher...
Fortune: Faxinationupdated: Mon Mar 14 1988 00:01:00
Americans' infatuation with facsimile machines is growing deeper. Faster than a bicycle messenger and cheaper than Federal Express, faxes send and receive written and graphic information by regular...
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