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UniCredit Holder CRT Says Will Back Unicredit's Capital Hike (Nasdaq)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:12:20 GMT
MILAN -(Dow Jones)- Italian banking foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, or CRT, said Monday in an emailed statement it will back the EUR3 billion capital hike announced by UniCredit SpA (UCG.MI) late Sunday.

Allen: Digi-Key Corporation Signs Worldwide Distribution Agreement with DLP Design, Inc. (The Allen American)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:42:05 GMT
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. & ALLEN, Tex.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digi-Key Corporation and DLP Design, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a worldwide distribution agreement.

ViewSonic showcases next generation Full HD 1080p LCD monitors (AME Info)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:58:11 GMT
ViewSonic Corp., a worldwide leader in display technologies, will celebrate continued leadership in visual display solutions as it showcases the next generation of LCD monitors, digital photo frames, and portable short-throw projectors at the Novotel during GITEX this October.

Sharp Slashes Profit Forecast on Phones, LCD TVs (PC World)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:03:19 GMT
Sharp has revised sharply down its profit forecast after poor sales of cell phones in Japan and lower profits in the LCD TV...

HANNspree HT09: 28 inch full high definition LCD TV (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:50:00 GMT
HANNspree is pretty pleased with itself as it boasts one of the few 28 inch widescreen LCD TVs on the market.

Sharp cuts annual outlook on cellphones, LCD panels (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:54:46 GMT
TOKYO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp <6753.T> on Monday cut its annual operating profit outlook by one-third, hit by sluggish domestic sales of mobile phones and sliding LCD panel prices, missing market expectations by a large margin.

IT LCD panel prices stable in 1H October; price drops persist in TV segment, DisplaySearch says (Digi Times)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:23:27 GMT
Latest DisplaySearch figures for large-size LCD panel prices show that prices for IT applications will remain stable in the first half of October, while prices for TV applications will continue to fall, with an average decline of US$10 for the period.

The most compelling window yet into the future of TV technology at Gitex Technology Week 2008 (AME Info)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:43:13 GMT
Today Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, announced that it will unveil its new Series 8 and 7 Full HD LCD and Plasma TVs, at Gitex Technology Week 2008.

CPT halts expansion as LCD down cycle expected to last through 2009 (Digi Times)
Time: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:37:07 GMT
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has halted its expansion projects as the LCD panel market is expected to have a tough year in 2009, according to company chairman WS Lin.

DoCoMo DLP Phone Projects TV, Makes Butt Look Big [Ceatec 2008] (Gizmodo)
Time: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:59:32 GMT
The NTT DoCoMo prototype phone shown in the video above has an embedded DLP projector, presumably using an LED light source in order to project a respectable 20- to 25-in. video image on the wall a...