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TEMPE, AZ -- Finetech will offer Technical Product Trade's wire bonders in North America, the company said today. No financial details were disclosed.

Wessling, Germany based TPT makes benchtop manual and semiautomatic wire bonders.
PALO ALTO, CA -- H-P reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.7 billion, up fourfold from last year, on a sales jump of 7% to $24.6 billion. Demand was strong for PCs, printers, the company said.

The news was tempered by revelations that the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a formal inquiry into the company's "pretexting" investigation, in which members of the H-P board reportedly authorized the gathering of information on other board members and company employees. It was later revealed that illegal means were used to gain the information.

Excluding one-time items, H-P said it would have earned $1.9 billion. Last year's results included $1.57 billion in restructuring charges.




SAN JOSE – Demand for semiconductor devices will continue unabated through 2009, Semiconductor Industry Association said yesterday in a Webcast annoucning its annual forecast.

A strong wave of consumer demand for electronic products will push sales to $321 billion in 2009, a compound annual growth rate of 9%. Total worldwide sales were $227.5 billion last year.
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