KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (Bernama) -- Gains in Axiata, Tenaga Nasional, and Maybank helped Bursa Malaysia’s main index pare earlier losses, ending marginally lower amid the ongoing concerns about US inflation and President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff threat. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 0.96 of-a-point to 1,589.95 compared with last Friday’s close of 1,590.91. The benchmark index opened 3.26 points lower at 1,587.65 and moved between 1,584.20 and 1,590.49 during the session. The broader market remained negative, with losers outpacing gainers 589 to 366, while 503 counters were unchanged, 872 untraded and 22 suspended. Turnover improved to 3.0 billion units worth RM1.85 billion from 2.93 billion units valued at RM2.22 billion on Friday. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd equity research vice-president Thong Pak Leng said investors have shifted their attention to smaller-cap stocks, partic...
According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) blog post, U.S. semiconductor companies, including several SIA members, were among the top corporate recipients of U.S. patents in 2015 based on an analysis of new data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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SIA industry statistics and economic policy director Falan Yinug said five of the top 15 US corporate patent recipients are major semiconductor producers.
The top five names on the list were iBM Corporation, Qualcomm Inc., Google,Inc., Intel Corporation and Microsoft Technology Licencing LLC.
He said that this is partly because U.S. semiconductor companies invest a higher share of sales into research and development than any other U.S. industry. On average, the U.S. semiconductor industry invests about one-fifth of total sales into R&D.
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