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George Scalise
George Scalise was the former president of the Building Service Employees International Unionwho was convicted of racketeering due to the exposure of labor racketeering by newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1941 for his reporting...
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U.S. semiconductor companies have over 70 percent of their manufacturing capacity in the United States, while less than a third of our markets are here.
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We feel as though they not only heard us, but understand the situation and will respond in a way to bring about new programs. What's changed this time is a recognition of what we have to do to compete.
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We are hopeful that a systematic collection of the penalties meted out for IP violations will pressure those regions within China where the penalties are insufficient to deter counterfeiting.
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Our forecast released in November calls fourth-quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third quarter, and with two months of data now in, we are on target to meet that projection.
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June's numbers exceeded our expectations and affirm our forecast for a strong 2000.
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While the computation sector is down, all other sectors including wireless and consumer continue to thrive. This increase drove the sales of such products as flash, digital signal processors, application-specific products and analog.
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Korea is a significant market for American semiconductor producers -- in 2005, the Korean semiconductor market was approximately $4.5 billion.
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The outlook for the semiconductor industry remains robust. For the first quarter of 2006, we expect sequential change in the total market will be in the range of plus or minus 1%.
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The outlook for the semiconductor industry remains robust.
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The oversupply of some semiconductor products, such as memory chips, has depressed sales revenue, ... However, we are still optimistic about the industry's position, because the demand for newer and more powerful chips continues to increase.
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The biggest surprise is that the increase in energy cost didn't impact us at all.
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Strong competition contributed to declining prices for semiconductors, which resulted in nominal growth on higher unit sales in July,
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The new year got off to a good start. Retail sales, including consumer electronics products, were relatively strong in January.
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The October sales are another indication that the industry is on track to achieve our forecast of 4.7 percent growth in the fourth quarter.