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ELECTRONICS 
December 1, 2018 Electronics Failure Grounds German Chancellor Merkel’s A340 En Route to G20
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hamburg, Germany in 2013. (Glyn Lowe PhotoWorks, CC) An Airbus A340-300 carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on Nov. 29 after an electronics failure while flying over the Netherlands. The plane, which was operated by the German air force, had a communications […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 30, 2018 Samsung Electronics world’s 4th largest R&D spender: Rep ..
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co has been ranked No. 4 among 1,000 major global companies in terms of spending on research and development (R&D) over the past one year, a report showed on Thursday. The South Korean tech juggernaut spent $15.3 billion on R&D projects from the second half of 2017, retaining the No. 4 spot […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 25, 2018 Samsung Electronics apologises for factory cancer cases
Samsung Electronics apologised on Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at some of its factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chipmaker. The father of a dead 22-year-old worker and the company’s co-president Kim Ki-nam signed a formal settlement agreement in Seoul as other disabled ex-employees looked on. “We sincerely […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 24, 2018 Samsung Electronics apologises for factory cancer cases
Agence France-Presse Samsung Electronics is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer and chipmaker. Photo: Bloomberg Seoul: Samsung Electronics apologised on Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at some of its factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chipmaker. The father of a dead 22-year-old worker and the company’s co-president Kim […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 12, 2018 ULTIMA: Chord Electronics’ blue moon shot
At Munich High-End in May, John Franks introduced the Étude, Chord Electronics’ first new amplifier topology since the company’s 1989 inception. Franks had gone back to the 1980s to the “feed-forward correction” work of one Bob Cordell who has since been retained by the UK hi-fi company as a consultant. Catch up here: Six months […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 11, 2018 Battery Fashion: Scientists Weave Rechargeable Electronics Into Clothes
Wearable electronics are nothing new, but the technology has been limited by the question of how to power them for long periods without toting around a bulky charge storing device. Not any longer. Thanks to UMass Amherst materials scientist Trisha L. Andrew, a battery can now be stitched directly into your lapel. Andrew and her […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 10, 2018 Black Friday: A Conscientious Buyer’s Guide To Buying Electronics
Black Friday Can Be Fair Tech FridayPhoto by Oliver Pecker on Unsplash We can bash Black Friday and mindless consumerism until the cows come home, but let’s face it – who doesn’t love a bargain? Credit cards in hand, people are going to go out there en masse the Friday after Thanksgiving and they’re going […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 14, 2018 India’s draft electronics policy aims $400 billion manufacturing industry by 2025
The country’s draft electronics policy released by the IT ministry on Wednesday has set an ambitious target of creating a $400 billion electronics manufacturing industry by 2025, with the mobile phone devices segment accounting for three-fourths of the production. The draft National Policy on Electronics (NPE) aims to promote domestic manufacturing in the entire value-chain […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 10, 2018 Bharat Electronics, Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, IndiGo hit 52-week lows
A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai (Photo: Reuters) Shares of Bharat Electronics (BEL), Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, Castrol India, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) and Tata Communications have hit their respective 52-week lows on the BSE as the benchmark indices are trading lower for the sixth trading days. Besides BEL, total […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 10, 2018 Indians begin to buy premium electronics online
Industry executives say that now consumers have shed the inhibition to purchase costly products online which even last year, was mostly for small-ticket items, and now the brands are launching products priced even up to couple of lakhs. Indian consumers have started to buy premium smartphones, large screen televisions, multi-door refrigerators and large capacity washing […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 10, 2018 Bharat Electronics corrects for 9th consecutive session, hits new 52-week low on Axis Capital downgrade
State-owned defence company Bharat Electronics share price has been correcting for ninth consecutive session on Thursday amid government’s likely new pricing policy for defence orders which may limit margin. The stock corrected 23.7 percent in nine straight days to hit fresh 52-week low of Rs 89.70 despite positive management commentary on new pricing policy and after large […]
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ELECTRONICS 
May 25, 2018 India inks MoU for cooperation in the field of Electronics and IT
The Union Cabinet chaired by Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on 23 May, approved of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Angola for mutual support in the field of Electronics and Information Technologies. The MoU aims at achieving closer cooperation between the two countries in the areas of e-Governance, Human Resource […]
