SANTA CLARA, CA – Low-cost smartphone shipments are forecast to double every year from 2010 to 2016, increasing from 4.5 million to 311 million, says NPD DisplaySearch.

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average worldwide orders rose 2.8% from last year in September.

SANTA CLARA, CA – Smart TVs are moving from a novelty to mainstream, with shipments expected to grow 15% worldwide in 2012, says NPD DisplaySearch. With the shift, regional preferences and TV consumption habits are changing.

WASHINGTON, DC -- US companies doing business in China are both more profitable than ever and more pessimistic than ever about their prospects in the world's most populous nation.