WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $29 billion in October, up 1.9% sequentially but down 2.5% year-over-year.

SON, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics plans to restructure its Micro Electronics division operations in Echt and China as part of a cost-cutting move.

MILWAUKEE, WI — After some dips and swells in recent years between salary increases and decreases, salaries for quality professionals are up again, this time with the largest percentage increase year-over-year since 2007, according to the American Society for Quality's 29th annual Salary Survey. 

FRAMINGHAM, MA – 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, IDC predicts, citing slower demand outside North America.