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Friday 21 September 2012
AUO shares rally despite US$500 million fine
Shares of AU Optronics (AUO) rallied on the Taiwan stock market on September 21 although the US District Court for the Northern District of California handed down a verdict requiring...
Monday 30 July 2012
European Commission to decide necessity of anti-dumping investigation in 45 days
European Commission will decide in 45 days whether it will start an anti-dumping investigation on China-based solar firms. China-based vertically integrated solar firms have been...
Friday 27 July 2012
Lite-On IT to cooperate with EC antitrust probe
The European Commission (EC) will launch antitrust investigation of 13 companies supplying optical disc drives (ODDs) in the European Union market for alleged participation in worldwide...
Friday 20 July 2012
China government faces dilemma over polysilicon anti-dumping investigations
China government has accepted complaints of polysilicon dumping made by its solar firms against US- and South Korea-based competitors and may start anti-dumping investigations, according...
Thursday 19 July 2012
Asustek reportedly considers acquisition to expand in motherboard market
As the global motherboard market has been seeing weak growth since 2005, Asustek Computer reportedly is considering acquisitions to further expand its economic scale in the motherboard...
Monday 9 July 2012
Europe solar firms reportedly seeking anti-dumping probe against China comeptitors
Germany-based SolarWorld reportedly is campaining to have EU launch an anti-dumping probe against China-based solar firms.
Friday 4 May 2012
Commentary: China solar firms fight back for survival
China-based solar firms who have been suffering have been accusing international firms of dumping polysilicon into China's domestic market.
Wednesday 2 May 2012
China polysilicon firms accuse US, Korea competitors of dumping
The preliminary result of the US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy against China-based solar firms was to put a tariff less than 5% on solar product imports from China. This has been...
Monday 26 March 2012
Any type of tariff will impact China solar industry, says report
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe taken up by the US government against China-based solar firms announced a preliminary result on March 20, 2012. The preliminary result indicated...
Wednesday 14 March 2012
AUO to appeal US price-fixing guilty verdict
AU Optronics (AUO) has received the verdict in the case brought against the company and its executives by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The jury acquitted LJ Chen...
Friday 9 December 2011
Commentary: Antitrust lawsuits dragging AUO to a watershed
AU Optronics (AUO) has been taking a stand unlike other Taiwan-based rivals toward antitrust lawsuits lodged by related concerns including the US Department of Justice, the EU Commission...
Friday 21 October 2011
Suntech responds to US solar trade petition
Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based producer of solar panels, offers the following statement regarding Solarworld's petition filed simultaneously with the US International Trade...
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Chi Mei, CMI clarify AUO lawsuit comment
LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) and Chi Mei Group (CMG) have clarified that they have never made any official comments on AU Optronics' (AUO) price-fixing lawsuit in the US.
Friday 23 September 2011
Chi Mei Group hopes AUO can win US price-fixing lawsuit
The Chi Mei Group hopes that AU Optronics (AUO) can win the anti-trust lawsuit filed against the LCD panel maker by the US Justice Department, according to a Chi Mei executive.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Taiwan must learn antitrust lessons: Q&A with ex-CMO president Ho Jau-yang
The US Justice Department's antitrust cases against the world's major LCD panel makers have resulted in hefty fines for companies and prison terms for executives. Among them were...