Sharp and Pioneer have entered into a business deal and capital alliance agreement.

Borders announced it has signed an agreement with Sony that expands their existing relationship for the sale of the Reader Digital Book, and includes a new, co-branded version of Sony's online store for e-book downloads expected to be launched in October.

LGE is planning for 32-inch PDP TV production, priced at about 6000 yuan in China.

LED makers Cree of Durham, NC, USA and Nichia of Anan, Tokushima, Japan have agreed to expand their patent cross-license arrangements announced in 2002 and 2005 to include additional patents relating to white LED technology and certain Cree patents relating to nitride lasers. Nichia has also filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court against Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor alleging infringement of an LED-related patent.

Wipha's eye was 160 kilometers east of the northeastern coastal city of Ilan at 10 a.m. local time, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said in a statement on its Web site. The storm was moving northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, the bureau's advisory said. The eye is expected to skirt north Taiwan and make landfall in China tomorrow after 8 a.m. tomorrow, the bureau said. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected with winds as high as 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour).

The company's objective to reduce the firm's 33% stake in the Seoul-based producer of LCD panels LG.Philips LCD to below 20%. "We have no news" regarding this intention, Kleisterlee said Monday.

When squeezing out an additional 1 mm from a 2.6-mm-thick display assembly, typically the first component to address would be the glass.