Tim Culpan

Tech Reporter, Bloomberg News

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Taipei-based tech reporter for Bloomberg News, covering: Foxconn, (Hon Hai), HTC, TSMC, Acer & thus: Apple, MSFT. I represent myself, not my employer

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Eddie McGuire about to get an Honorary Doctorate from RMIT. Do we call him Dr McGuire now?
BREAKING: Taiwan dissatisfied with Philippines' response to fisherman's death. Recalls representative, freezes labor hiring
BREAKING: Taiwan threatens to freeze Filipino labor hiring, may recall ambassador to Philippines, over death of fisherman
Awesome! Pegatron Outlook Shows Barney Stinson is Out of Sync With Apple Customers bloom.bg/12hHyCt via @BloombergNews

Pegatron Outlook Shows Barney Stinson is Out of Sync With Apple Customers

bloomberg.com — Barney Stinson has one rule. The besuited womanizer from "How I Met Your Mother" is in no doubt about the fact that "New. Is. Always. Better." Apple consumers seems to be a little out of sync with Barnabus, however, and continue to buy the company's older products.
@EdmondLococo Ha! Love that headline Ed! Wish I'd thought of it!
MY LATEST: Megan Fox and Cupcake-Baking Jack Bauer Are Still No Match for PC Geeks bloom.bg/12f7n6e via @BloombergNews

Megan Fox and Cupcake-Baking Jack Bauer Are Still No Match for PC Geeks

bloomberg.com — To any outsider, Acer and Asustek look barely distinguishable. Both are based in Taipei, Taiwan. Both started as contract PC manufacturers for the likes of IBM, HP and Dell. And both spun off in-house manufacturing units to focus on building their own brands of desktop and notebook computers.
BREAKING: Acer back into the black in 1Q with NT$515m net, boosted by forex, stock disposal gains. Op Profit razor thin NT$29m
HTC shares dive in Taipei. Investors unimpressed with 2Q guidance.
HTC One may restore the brand, but not profits> Margin Forecast Misses Estimates Amid Costs bloom.bg/18sYCav via @BloombergNews

HTC Margin Forecast Misses Estimates Amid One Handset Costs

bloomberg.com — (Corrects company name in headline.) HTC Corp. (2498) forecast its seventh consecutive decline in quarterly sales as it looks to its latest smartphone to boost earnings. Second-quarter revenue will around NT$70 billion ($2.37 billion), the Taoyuan, Taiwan-based company said in a statement today. That's inline with the NT$69.7 billion average of 20 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
BREAKING: HTC sales forecasts inline with estimates while margin guidance misses.
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