Taiwan's UMC posts Q4 profit of 137 million dollars

Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp Wednesday said it posted a net profit of 4.4 billion Taiwan dollars (137 million US dollars) in the three months to December due to strong demand.

HP wins inkjet print cartridge patent case

Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday that two Taiwan-based companies and a Chinese firm had been found to be infringing on patents held by the US computer giant for inkjet print cartridges.