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How a little Texas town snagged a $17 bln Samsung chip plant deal

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell is the first to admit few people had heard of his small town of Taylor in Central Texas before South Korean conglomerate Samsung announced it was building its new $17 billion chip factory there.

Taiwan looking at chip cooperation with Eastern European nations

Taiwan is looking at cooperating with three Eastern European countries on semiconductors, a minister said on Thursday, a move likely to find favour in Brussels which has been courting Taiwanese semiconductor firms to manufacture in the bloc.

EXCLUSIVE Dyson dumps Malaysian supplier ATA over labour concerns

High-tech home appliance maker Dyson Ltd told Reuters it had cut ties with supplier ATA IMS Bhd (ATAI.KL) following an audit of the Malaysian company’s labour practices and allegations by a whistleblower, sending ATA shares plunging.

Nokia to team up with YADRO to build 4G, 5G base stations in Russia

Nokia (NOKIA.HE) and Russia’s YADRO plan to set up a joint venture to build 4G and 5G telecom base stations in Russia, the two equipment makers said on Wednesday, as a deadline for building networks using only Russian equipment approaches.

How a little Texas town snagged a $17 bln Samsung chip plant deal

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell is the first to admit few people had heard of his small town of Taylor in Central Texas before South Korean conglomerate Samsung announced it was building its new $17 billion chip factory there.

Taiwan looking at chip cooperation with Eastern European nations

Taiwan is looking at cooperating with three Eastern European countries on semiconductors, a minister said on Thursday, a move likely to find favour in Brussels which has been courting Taiwanese semiconductor firms to manufacture in the bloc.

EXCLUSIVE Dyson dumps Malaysian supplier ATA over labour concerns

High-tech home appliance maker Dyson Ltd told Reuters it had cut ties with supplier ATA IMS Bhd (ATAI.KL) following an audit of the Malaysian company’s labour practices and allegations by a whistleblower, sending ATA shares plunging.

Nokia to team up with YADRO to build 4G, 5G base stations in Russia

Nokia (NOKIA.HE) and Russia’s YADRO plan to set up a joint venture to build 4G and 5G telecom base stations in Russia, the two equipment makers said on Wednesday, as a deadline for building networks using only Russian equipment approaches.

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