South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd will start supplying high-end TV panels to Samsung Electronic Co Ltd from as early as this quarter, three sources said, in a deal that would help the loss-making flat-screen maker turn profitable.
Shares of Taiwan's Foxconn and its display affiliate Sharp Corp fell on Friday after the Japanese firm reported a surprise $1.9 billion loss due to writedowns related to its flat-screen assets.
Sharp Corp , the Japanese electronics maker owned by Taiwan's Foxconn, posted on Thursday a full-year loss of $1.9 billion after writing down the value of its panel display business and a swathe of other assets.
Italy's antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market.