2014-10-09

Hot Picks of the Week Oct. 6-Oct. 9

The LED industry has been on a rollercoaster ride this week. Starting off with the bad news, U.S. MOCVD manufacturer GTAT dropped a bomb on the financial market, with its abrupt bankruptcy announcement on Monday. Investors were scrambling to retain any value in their investments as stock prices tumbled more than 92% to a sad US $0.8 per share. Recent reports that the company CEO Thomas Gutierrez sold out a majority of stocks prior to the launch of the iPhone 6, has put the company in a bad light of susceptible insider trading.
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Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that a global leader in optical communications laser manufacturing placed orders for multiple Lumina® Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems and multiple Spector® Ion Beam Sputter... READ MORE

Clive Davis, the iconic, award-winning record producer known for launching the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, and more, chose Samsung to help transform his Westchester, New York home theater into a world-class cin... READ MORE