The US Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, in a blow to Apple in the ongoing battle between the two rivals.

Amazon has confirmed it will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and e-reader devices.

On Saturday, there was an explosion and fire at Nippon Shokubai's [of Japan] superabsorbent polymer manufacturing facility, resulting in an outage that has taken down about 10% of the world's acrylic acid and 18% of the world's superabsorbent polymer capacity.

Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest plastics manufacturer and the sore supplier of acrylic acid (AA), superabsorbent polymers (SAP) and acrylic ester (AE), is expected to benefit from tight supply of diaper materials following the shutdown of Japan's Nippon Shokubai's Himeji plant that was hit by fire and explosion earlier.

The 38th Taipei International Electronics Show, which will take place on Oct. 9-12, is estimated to draw around 50,000 buyers to strike deals up to US$350-400 million, up from last year's US$300 million, according to co-organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).

Delta Electronics was named recently as one of Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brands 2012, and was the only industrial brand among large electronics companies selected for two consecutive years.

Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment and M&A organization, kicked off its annual Intel Capital Global Summit by announcing investments in 10 innovative technology companies, including a strategic investment in India.

A temporary sales ban on Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the US has been lifted by a US court.

Intel is talking to Cisco about becoming its foundry, says investment bank Piper Jaffray.

Samsung Electronics plans to unveil the latest in its Galaxy line, the S4, at a European technology exhibition in February, according to company officials and local parts suppliers for the technology giant.