SKELLEFTEA, SWEDEN -- Note AB will lay off an undisclosed number of workers here and take a SEK 40M ($5.72 million) restructuring charge, the result of a decision by its largest telecom customer to cease orders from the site.

TAIPEI – United Microelectronics Corp., the second-largest contract chipmaker globally, reported September sales hit a two-year high. Revenue climbed 18% from last year to reach NT$9.5 billion (US$296 million).