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Acer Inc. reported its first loss in almost a decade and said making a full-year profit will be “impossible” as plunging sales prompted the world’s fourth- largest computer maker to write off inventory and cut jobs.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.’s plans to unload its personal-computer business, the world’s biggest, may attract China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. as suitors, analysts said.
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Compal Electronics Inc. , the world’s second-largest maker of notebook computers, posted revenue that missed analyst estimates after client Acer Inc. said sales will be less than expected because of snowstorms in Europe.
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Hon Hai Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. ’s iPhones, will raise workers’ salaries by at least 30 percent, more than indicated earlier, after a series of suicides at the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics.
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Acer Inc. said it’s aiming to capture 15 percent of global tablet-computer sales next year, challenging Research In Motion Ltd . and Samsung Electronics Co. for second place in a market dominated by Apple Inc. ’s iPad.
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HTC Corp. , the world’s largest maker of handsets using Google Inc. Android and Microsoft Corp. Windows operating systems, more than doubled profit after new models spurred sales to a record.
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Acer Inc. , the world’s second- largest computer maker, posted its fifth consecutive quarter of earnings growth after its focus on profitability helped the company post a record operating margin.
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Acer Inc. , the world’s second-largest computer maker, will climb to No. 2 in Asia after taking over management of Founder Technology Group Corp.’s branded computer business, the Taipei-based company said.
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Cresyn Co., a maker of earphones for Apple Inc. iPods, said it paid a manager of the U.S. company, who was indicted by a U.S. grand jury, for market consulting services.
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