Electronics News

The S&P 500 Index rose 2.1% last week to close at a record of 1,667.47 Friday, its 16th record close this year.

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of two high-speed 850 nm and 940 nm infrared emitters and a package-matched high-speed silicon PIN photodiode with high radiant sensitivity from 780 nm to 1050 nm.

Top House and Senate negotiators agreed to a two-year budget for the state of Texas Friday that restores about $4 billion of $5.4 billion in cuts to public education made in 2011.

Minnetonka-based Communications Systems Inc. laid off 12 employees following a sales drop for its Transition Networks business unit, which makes components for integrating fiber-optic cable into data networks, the Star Tribune reported .

KEMET's KPS HT Series devices with an X8L dielectric utilize a proprietary lead-frame technology to vertically stack one or two Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors into a single compact surface mount package.

The rest-of-the-story is that until recently, China was Japan and the rest of the world's main source of rare earth elements that are critical in the electronics industry.

Europe's largest chip company STMicroelectronics NV laid out details of its corporate strategy to financial analysts here Thursday as it winds down ST-Ericsson, its failed joint venture in mobile processors.

This is the object of study for Davide Sangalli of the Microelectronics and Microsystems Institute at the National Research Council , in Agrate Brianza, Italy, and colleagues.

Calcutta, May 17: The Bengal government today released a draft textile policy that proposes a range of subsidies, with extra concessions for the backward regions.

Sony Corp plans to appoint Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Chief Executive Osamu Nagayama as chairman, the Nikkei reported.

Kate Middleton, the most watched expectant mother in the world, will be honored at a baby shower and luncheon at EDGE Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Denver.

William R. Hite Jr. knows it's a tough ask: $120 million from a state that historically views Philadelphia and its public schools "as a cesspool." So, the superintendent figures, the only way the nearly-broke Philadelphia School District is getting the cash it needs from state coffers is to end teacher seniority.

It seems that waterproof smartphones are all the rage these days, and not only that, these special kind of devices have become more and more sleek in terms of design, where it is getting more and more difficult to tell whether that particular smartphone is capable of sleeping with the fishes, at least for up to a certain depth and time before its ... (more)

Following a week of seesaw talks and rising tensions between Republicans and Democrats over allegedly broken deals, Lt.

Newscast Media HOUSTON-Spurred by pro-life groups and Texas Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the Harris County District Attorney's Office is proceeding with an investigation into allegations that Houston-based abortionist Douglas Karpen, who operates three abortion clinics in the state - two in Houston and one in Dallas - has performed illegal ... (more)

The much maligned computer memory industry is utterly essential to virtually every corner of the digital electronics industry.

A technician operates a CAE-built A330-200 passenger plane flight simulator at the Lufthansa Flight Training centre in Berlin, in this file photo.

With Support for the Android NDK, LG Smart TV with Google TV Will Provide Access to Larger, More Diverse Selection of Apps and Games /PRNewswire/ --LG Electronics today announced that its Google TVs will be updated with the latest version of the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system .

He's already a Houston physician, Republican campaign donor, radio talk show host and litigant in a federal lawsuit against the roll-out of "Obamacare." Now Dr.

SEOUL: World's largest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. captured a whopping 95 percent of all Android smartphone profits in the first quarter of the year, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.