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Resellers From U.S., Mexico and Taiwan Receive Insight into ABBYY Data Capture Solution Roadmap and Partner Program During Two Day Summit and Award Ceremony MILPITAS, Calif., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and professional services, held its inaugural ABBYY Technology Summit April 24-25 in San Jose, Calif., introducing reseller partners to several new company initiatives. Resellers from...
TAICHUNG, Taiwan, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. ("SPIL" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2325, NASDAQ: SPIL) today announced that its consolidated sales revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were NT$ 13,819 million, which represented a 14.4% decline in revenues compared to the fourth quarter of 2012 and a 8.6% decline in revenues compared to the first quarter of 2012. SPIL reported a net loss of NT$ 292 million for the first...
HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today held its investors conference and announced its unaudited earnings results for the first quarter of 2013((1)). Consolidated revenue in the first quarter of 2013 was NT$94,244 million (US$3,161 million)( )((2)), down 5.2% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was NT$4,548 million (US$153 million), with the gross margin of 4.8%. Operating loss was NT$1,361...
TAIPEI, Taiwan, R.O.C., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (TAIEX: 2311, NYSE: ASX) ("We", "ASE", or the "Company"), the world's largest independent provider of packaging and testing services, today reported unaudited net revenue[1] of NT$48,190 million for the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), up by 12% year-over-year and down by 14% sequentially. Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent for the quarter totaled NT$2,231 million, up from...
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) today announced the appointment of Ronald Ho as Chief Operating Officer of its FunTown online games business; Ronald joins the team as part of the company's new strategic repositioning/growth initiatives focused on extending FunTown's online game platform with self-developed casual browser/mobile games. Mr. Ronald's proven leadership and know-how bring to GigaMedia the necessary expertise to...
However, research reveals that the relatively vast sums of personal wealth accrued by households in Asia provide a solid foundation for generating retirement income if efficiently mobilised TORONTO, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Asset Management recently issued a report that analyses the retirement income security of elderly households in five Asian economies. The report finds that households in these countries and territories have relatively high levels of accumulated...
HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IMOS) today announced that it will hold a conference call with investors and analysts at 8:00 AM EDT on Thursday, May 16, 2013 (8:00 PM Taiwan time, Thursday, May 16, 2013) to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results and management's outlook for the second quarter 2013. The news release announcing the first quarter 2013 results will be...
Earth Day kicks off new company-wide environmental protection activities HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the three-year plan to improve resource and energy productivity and to reduce greenhouse emission. The announcement is timed with Earth Day to promote environmental protection living concepts and fulfill the company's commitment...
LONDON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Memory Walks are taking place all around the World during World Alzheimer's Month in September every year, to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. But there has never been an international Memory walk until today during the 28th international conference of Alzheimer's Disease International in Taipei. The walk attracted 4,000 people from 35 countries and included President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan. The government of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) today announced the addition of Billy Huang, vice president of The Walt Disney Company, to GigaMedia's board as an independent director. The addition is part of GigaMedia's growth strategy and continued commitment to growing shareholder value. "Billy has worked with some of the most well-known companies in the world at every stage of development and his experience in building new services and...
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The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the white-chested bear or the moon bear, is a species that holds a large range. This range includes northern areas of the Indian Subcontinent, most areas of the Himalayas, far eastern Russia, northeastern areas of China, Korea, and the Honshū and Shikoku islands near Japan. As is common to black bear species, the Asiatic black bear prefers a habitat within deciduous forests, mixed forests, deserts, and thornbrush forests. It can...
Symbol: PUMOM Group: Dicot Family: Fabaceae Synonyms: GLJA2 Glycine javanica L. PUTO2 Pueraria tonkinensis Gagnep. Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Fabales...
Seema, also known as Sima and Sema Japanese salmon, Cherry salmon, or Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) is a salmon of the western Pacific Ocean which includes the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Primorsky Krai, Japan, Korea and Sakhalin. In Taiwan a landlocked subspecies known as the Taiwanese salmon or the Formosan salmon (Oncorhynchus masou Formosanum) also exists. The Seema favors a temperate climate that is around the area of 65 degrees north to 58 degrees north in the sea. The Seema also...
The Chinese Prickly Ash or Flatspine Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum simulans) is a species of flowering plant native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is one of several plants of Zanthoxylum from which Sichuan Pepper is produced. It is a small spreading tree that grows to 23 feet tall. Its leaves are 2.75 to 5 inches long and pinnate (having parts of a leaf arranged on both sides of the stem). Each leaf has 7 - 11 small leaflets that are each 1.25 to 2 inches long. There are numerous spines on the...
The Japanese Box (Buxus microphylla) is indigenous to Japan and Taiwan. An evergreen shrub, it only grows 6 -10 feet in height with short bright green oval shaped leaves less than an inch in length. It is grown as an ornamental plant both in its native area and in other temperate regions. Variant cultivars of this species are often used in bonsai. Photo Copyright and Credit
