[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for Aprill 2011, recording a total of 214,817 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 23.1%. In April, Kia posted strong double digit year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 53.5% in North America (53,851 units sold), 23.0% in China (34,538 units sold), 19.9% in Europe* (40,648 units sold), 11.2% in general markets* (43,278 units s
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ANADIGICS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD), a world leader in radio frequency (RF) and mixed signal semiconductor solutions, today introduced a new series of power amplifiers (PAs), leveraging the Company's third generation High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power (HELP™) technology. The new HELP3DC™ AWT663x series PAs are optimized for CDMA, WCDMA/HSPA, and LTE devices that include a switched-mode power supply (SMPS), DC/DC converter, or Envelope Tracking IC to control the PA supply voltage. In this kind of design, HELP3DC™ PAs provide the world-class average current consumption to help extend
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader in digital media and convergence technologies, today announced that it is providing 5,500 GALAXY Tab 10.1 devices to developers attending the Google I/O (Innovation in the Open) conference at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA. The 4th Google I/O is the world’s largest conference for mobile and web developers with over 5,000 participants from around the world. Samsung is providing attendees with a special edition GALAXY Tab 10.1 engraved with the Android emblem, with which developers can create new and exciting application
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Mexican President Felipe Calderon, global music legend An-glique Kidjo and adventurer Louis Palmer are among the six winners of the 2011 Champions of the Earth awards, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Tuesday. They received their awards at a ceremony hosted by UNEP Goodwill Ambassadors Gisele Bndchen and Don Cheadle at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, along with fellow laureates green entrepreneur Zhang Yue and scientist and cam-paigner Dr. Olga Speranskaya. From using green technology to cut air pollution in China, to tackli
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH (TPV), a laser company at the forefront of providing advanced ophthalmic laser treatments for presbyopia and cataract surgery, today announced its latest laser treatment for presbyopia, SUPRACOR™, has received CE mark approval and is now commercially available. SUPRACOR is a LASIK based procedure which is performed on the TECHNOLAS 217P Excimer laser. The procedure can treat a wide range of presbyopic patients, and may also be suitable for patients who have previously undergone a LASIK procedure. The procedure provides excellent distance, int
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE: BMO)(TSX: BMO), this week started trading foreign exchange options in the Chinese Yuan (CNY). BMO received the license approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), making BMO the first Canadian bank to trade FX options in CNY as an interbank market member in China. “This license allows BMO to solidify our position as a leading bank in China's emerging foreign exchange market,” said Jamie Thorsen, Executive Managing Director & Head of Foreign Exchange and China
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Global prosthetics leader Össur has developed the world's first Integrated Bionic Prosthetic Leg, leveraging the proven functionality and capabilities of two of its popular prosthetic breakthroughs -- RHEO KNEE® and PROPRIO FOOT® -- into a single, fully integrated unit, the company announced today. Working in concert within the Integrated Bionic Leg, the Bionic foot and knee interact seamlessly and with unprecedented functionality. Having undergone user testing for over a year, this revolutionary new product will be available on a limited basis in late 2011. Conventi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Iran grabbed the men’s overall title at the just-ended WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, Korea on May 6, 2011. It marked the first time that Korea failed to retain the men’s overall title in the history of the biennial World Taekwondo Championships. Korea managed to clinch the women’s overall title at the just-ended World Championships, which took place at the Gyeongju Indoor Stadium. China won the women’s overall title at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships, the first ever in World Championships history. In the men’s division, Iran garnered three gold med
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Bringing the enduringly popular superhero to the big screen for the first time, ‘Green Lantern’ stars Ryan Reynolds in the title role, under the direction of Martin Campbell. In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate an
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Thailand, Turkey and China grabbed one gold medal each on the fourth day of the 2011 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, Korea on May 4, 2011. After four days of competition, China topped others in the overall medal tally in the women's division with two gold medals and one silver, followed by Great Britain and Croatia with one gold and one silver. In the men’s division, Turkey and Iran both ranked first with one gold and one silver, followed by Spain with one gold and Afghanistan with one silver. In the women’s -57kg weight category, China’s Hou Yuzhuo, the go