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...Smaller local peer United Microelectronics Corp has also shut down machinery and evacuated staff at certain facilities....
...Texas Instruments says that its large ‘fab’ in Miho will not be back to full capacity until July....
...Caterpillar, which makes mining machinery, rose 6.5 per cent to $30.78. Consumer companies also performed well after positive results showed consumer spending had not collapsed as badly as feared....
...Mr Kojima, a machinery trader, worked for a local engineering group that had taken Mitsubishi on as a partner. It was a huge change from the uniformity of Japan....
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