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Foxconn Full-Year Profits Drop 83%

Foxconn International Holdings - the mobile phone manufacturing division of Taiwan's giant Hon Hai Precision Industry has reported a net loss for the second half of last year, which dragged its full year profit down by 83.% to US$121 million - compared with US$721 million a year earlier.  more

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Palm Missteps May Prompt Directors to be More Active

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Palm Inc.'s warning that a key new product will miss out on the holiday shopping season illustrates the string of bungles that has weighed on the smartphone maker.  more

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Synaptics Shares Climb As Mobility Sales Rise

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Synaptics shares surged as much as 20% in morning trade Friday, one day after the maker of touchpad technology for computers and other devices reported first-quarter earnings that nearly tripled from a year ago and said new wins with mobile-phone makers added to the company's results.  more

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Has Research In Motion Gotten Too Expensive?

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Research In Motion may have done the impossible Friday: stealing some thunder from the megahyped iPhone. more

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