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The Financial Supervisory Com-mission said yesterday that it will investigate whether UMC employees were involved in any illegal trading activity

SHANGHAI Interactive Television will begin commercial operation of high-definition TV with a broadcast in the city on Sunday, kicking off with one channel featuring 15 hours of programming daily.

Displaychips Inc has launched an OLED driver chip (DC3100), which is said to integrate DC-DC converter for the first time in the world.

LG Electronics announced its plan to develop a new Unified Display Interface (UDI), a new standard to get video from computers to HD television sets and PC monitors, jointly with frontrunners in the home appliance and desktop computer industry.

BMW Group, one of Germany's biggest automobile makers, has signed a cooperation agreement with Chongqing Loncin Motors Corp to produce motorcycles in China.

The companies said they were in talks to jointly produce next-generation system chips, a move seen as necessary to survive against industry giants such as Intel Corp.

UMC said it might delist from the Taiwan exchange because of a fine and criticism it had suffered for restating earnings under U.S. accounting rules.