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NEW YORK -- Is the semiconductor industry about to turn up? One Wall Street analyst thinks so.

Wachovia analyst David Wong has upgraded the semiconductor sector to overweight from market weight, saying a recovery could come in the next quarter.

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TOKYO -- The restructuring is over for Sony's electronics group, the company confirmed today, in response to rumors of further cuts.

The electronics OEM in December announced coming layoffs of 8,000 full-time jobs and 8,000 seasonal and part-time workers.

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CONCORD, NH -- A state committee will soon contemplate a bill banning the disposal of electronics waste into landfills.

The proposed bill is expected to be introduced this month by Rep. Tara Sad, chairman of the Environment and Agriculture Committee, and would be sent to either to the House Environment and Agricultural Committee or the Science and Technology Committee, the local Union Leader newspaper reported.

Sad cited landfill capacity, the rise of corporate takeback programs and "e-waste" recycling firms, and moral obligations that would keep the US from shipping waste to third-world nations.

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