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Micron Technology

Micron Technology, Inc. () is an American multinational corporation based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices.

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Samsung Not Seen Quaking in Boots Over Apple-Elpida Report

Apple Inc will struggle to cut its reliance on rival Samsung Electronics for component supplies, analysts and industry sources said on Thursday, despite speculation that it has begun reducing its use of Samsung memory chips.

Samsung has lost 6 percent of its value, or $11 billion, since a Taiwanese trade news outlet reported on Wednesday that Apple had placed big new orders with Japanese chipmaker Elpida for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.The report has stoked concerns among Samsung investors that Apple wants to help turn the struggling Elpida, now in bankruptcy protection, into a much bigger supplier to the U.S. tech giant, partly at the expense of South Korea's Samsung.Apple is Samsung's largest customer, buying chips and displays, but the pair are also bitter rivals for the sale of smartphones and tablets and are engaged in a patent war.But tech analysts in the United States and South Korea said they doubted the report by Taiwan's DigiTimes, if confirmed, would signal majo...

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  1. Google, Micron Technology Among Stocks Down on Above-average Volume Friday

    Here are stocks that are down on high volume today:Trading at a volume of five million, or 2.1 times its average daily volume, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is down on high v...

  2. Google Losses Highlight Tech-sector Decline

    Tech stocks mostly retreated in early trading Friday, highlighted by losses from Google Inc. . The Internet giant's shares fell 3% to $632 after the company reported...

  3. TSMC Raises Capex as Samsung Eyes Foundry Market

    Asian chipmakers, from Taiwan foundry maker TSMC to South Korean memory chip heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK hynix , are eyeing record investments and big ac...

  4. SanDisk Lowers 1Q Revenue View On Weak Pricing, Demand

    SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) lowered its already-soft first-quarter revenue guidance due to weaker-than-expected pricing and demand.The flash memory maker said Tuesday it ex...

  5. Chips, Networking Shares Lift Techs

    Technology stocks clung to slim gains Tuesday morning, buoyed by advancing semiconductor and networking shares. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up about a point at 3,...

  6. Cisco, IBM, Microsoft Lead Techs Higher

    The tech sector moved into positive territory early Monday, joining a broad market rally on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the economy. The Nasd...

  7. US Stocks Climb as Oil Prices Boost Energy Shares

    U.S. stocks erased earlier losses and tracked higher after a rebound in energy shares overshadowed a decline in new-home sales in the U.S. that indicated the housing...

  8. Tech Stocks In Hunt For Early Direction

    Tech stocks put in a mixed early trading performance Friday as the sector tried to find some momentum that would help it close the week on an upbeat note. Small gain...

  9. Micron Swings To Loss As Sales Slip

    Micron Technology on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $224 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with a profit of $72 million, or 7 cents a share, ...

  10. Caterpillar, Chevron Weigh on Dow

    FOX Business: The Power to ProsperWeighed down by falling Chevron and Caterpillar shares, the Dow struggled to shake off mild losses unlike the broader market indexe...

  11. Apple, Micron Among Early Tech Advancers

    Tech stocks claimed a slight edge in early trading Wednesday, with Apple Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. among the advancers. Apple shares rose 2% to $580 as the com...

  12. Samsung Says No Interest in Elpida, Concerned About Rival Deals

    The head of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's memory chip business said on Tuesday that it is not interested in acquiring capacity from Japan's troubled Elpida Memory Inc...

  1. Google, General Electric Among Stocks Up on High Volume Wednesday

    Here are stocks that are up on high volume:Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) saw its price spike on above-average volume today, as 4.8 million shares, which is 2.4 times the stoc...

  2. Groupon Surges In Mixed Tech Trading

    Technology stocks traded sideways early Tuesday, even as shares of Groupon Inc. surged more than 15% after the online daily deals company reported better-than-expect...

  3. Micron In Talks To Buy Japan's Elpida

    Micron Technology Inc., the Boise, Idaho, chip maker, on Thursday confirmed that it is in talks to acquire Elpida Memory Inc. Media reports have speculated for the p...

  4. Fresh Concerns on European Debt Crisis Weigh on Wall Street

    FBN's Tracy Byrnes breaks down afternoon market news.

  5. Tech Stocks Try To Edge Upward In Early Trading

    Tech stocks took some tentative steps forward as the sector reacted along with the broad market to the effects of the weekend elections in France and Greece. Small g...

  6. Nasdaq Back Under 3,000, But LinkedIn, Micron Rise

    Technology stocks were mostly lower Friday morning, weighed down by sliding shares of Cisco Systems and Intel Corp. which offset sharp gains in shares of LinkedIn Co...

  7. Civil Aviation Deaths Rise in 2011

    While commercial airlines in the U.S. escaped without a single fatality in 2011, deaths among smaller personal and chartered flights increased.The National Transport...

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