Korean panel makers to outperform peers

HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― South Korean panel makers will likely outperform their foreign peers in 2012 because of higher profit margins, J.P. Morgan Securities said Wednesday. Amid a prolonged downturn in demand for liquid crystal display panels from the TV industry, display makers have been suffering a supply glut in the industry, which, as a result, weighed down display panel prices.J.P. Morgan predicted Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display Co., along with Japan’s Sharp Corp., will be the ou

Jan. 4, 2012

Will Kakao Talk launch Internet calls in Korea?

Telecoms watch mobile messenger’s move to offer mobile voice service in Japan this yearLocal telecoms are keeping a close watch on the country’s top mobile messenger Kakao Talk as it plans to launch mobile Internet call services in Japan early this year.In a recent interview with The Korea Herald, Lee Sir-goo, who jointly heads Kakao Talk with chief executive Lee Jae-beom, said the company plans on featuring the service for the first time in Japan.“We’re not gearing up to launch the service in K

Jan. 4, 2012

Calories, not protein, boost body fat: study

People who eat too much of a high-calorie, low-protein diet tend to gain more body fat than people who overeat high amounts of protein, US researchers said Tuesday.A study published in the January 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included 25 people in Louisiana who agreed t

Jan. 4, 2012

World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 3, 2012 (AFP) - Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common bl

Jan. 4, 2012

Chinese firm makes Steve Jobs action figure

source: inicons.com source: inicons.comA China-based company plans to begin shipping a realistic-looking Steve Jobs action figure in February.It remained to be seen whether Apple will take to the courts to block In Icons from selling the 30.4-centimeter (one foot) tall dolls crafted in the imag

Jan. 4, 2012

Critics assail crime laws aimed at people with HIV

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer _ because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. C

Jan. 3, 2012

Viagra may help treat heart failure

BOCHUM, Germany,  Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, U.S. and German researchers say.Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Institute of Physiology, in cooperation with colleague

Jan. 2, 2012