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Europe surpasses US in PC shipments

Europe surpasses US in PC shipments The US has been dethroned by Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the world's largest PC market, according to 2005 market data from Gartner. The EMEA region accounted for 72.6 million PC sales last year, compared to 67.2 million in the US, the analyst firm found. The fourth quarter showed particularly strong sales in EMEA, with unit shipments increasing by 17.2 per cent year-over-year as a result of promotional deals on laptop computers. HP held on the lead with a 15.9 per cent market share, but the manufacturer lost some ground to Dell (11.6 per cent)

PC pressure to hit Asia chip and LCD prices

PC pressure to hit Asia chip and LCD prices Global semiconductor shipments were up 11.9 per cent in June, compared to one year earlier, according to analysts in Japan. However, the uncertain and increasingly competitive PC market is squeezing prices for chips and LCD displays from major manufacturers in Japan, Korea and internationally, and this trend is expected to strengthen in the second half, regional observers say. Generally, sales of chips and components to mobile phones makers have been considerably healthier than sales to PC makers over the past three months, technology industry analysts in Asia note. Nomura Securities analysts in Tokyo are

Toyotas Sales Soar Outside Asia

Toyotas Sales Soar Outside Asia American depositary receipts of Toyota rose $ 1.10, to $108.10, on Friday after the Japanese carmaker reported that net income jumped 39% in its fiscal first quarter on strong sales in Europe and North America Toyota Motor (nyse: TM - news - people )reported sales of 5.64 trillion yen ($49 billion), an increase of 13.2% year-over-year. The company earned 371.5 billion yen ($3.2 billion), or 115.6 yen ($1.01) per ADR. That was up from 266.9 billion yen ($2.3 billion), or 81.79 yen (7 cents) per share, a year ago. Sales were particularly strong outside of

Huawei to See Sharp Sales Rise in Asia

Huawei to See Sharp Sales Rise in Asia Huawei Technologies, the biggest telecom equipment maker in China, announced on June 21 that it expects contract sales for the southern Asia-Pacific region to grow 55 percent to USD 2 billion this year. Asia-Pacific is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world for us, Liu Jiang Feng, Huaweis vice president for Asia- Pacific, said in a statement. We currently work with over 150 Asian telecom operators. Huaweis contract sales in the southern Asia-Pacific region, which includes India, southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand -- reached USD 1.29 billion in 2005. Huawei competes with local rival

Oracle says to match SAP’s Asia sales

Oracle says to match SAP's Asia sales REUTERS: Oracle Corp., the world's second-largest software maker, said its Asia ex-Japan revenues could match arch-rival SAP AG's regional sales within three years as it aggressively woos the German firm's customers. Oracle is the world's largest maker of database software, but ranks behind SAP in the market for business applications software, which automates office processes such as payroll, inventories and budgets. "Oracle's (applications software) business in Asia ex-Japan has been growing faster than SAP's," Craig Jones, Oracle's Vice President for Enterprise Applications in Asia, said on Thursday. "If you compare our growth rates to