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To: Return to Sender who wrote (76784)	8/22/2017 1:16:03 AM
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Foxconn Rising as New Threat to Korean Semiconductor, Display Industries SEOUL,KOREA 21 August 2017 - 11:15am Michael Herh Foxconn, the world's largest IT equipment supplier on consignment basis, is emerging as the biggest threat to the Korean semiconductor and display industries. According to industry sources, Foxconn is nursing a scheme to transform itself into a general IT company through the acquisition of Sharp in Japan and Toshiba Memory. The Flying Eagle strategy, which Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn recently announced is based on this blueprint. The Flying Eagle strategy aims to become the strongest player in the IT industry to maximize synergies out of US political and economic support, advanced Japanese technology, and Chinese manufacturing plants. To this end, Foxconn is actively cooperating with the US on reviving the US manufacturing industry. The company is planning to scratch the back of Trump in the US by creating jobs, and to take advantage of America's influence in big issues such as the takeover of Toshiba Memory in Japan. In July, Foxconn announced a plan to invest US$10 billion in an LCD panel factory in Wisconsin, the US. Wisconsin responded with a US$3 billion tax cut for the Foxconn factory. Foxconn also decided to continue investing in automobiles in Michigan, the US. Foxconn’s moves are explicit courtship to strengthen a honeymoon with the United States, even if they take high labor costs. The Trump government bent on creating jobs has no choice but to welcome Foxconn’s investment. The problem is that Foxconn is openly showing its intent to hold Korean companies in check in the midst of these moves. Above all, Foxconn began to block the SK Hynix alliance from taking over Toshiba memory. Originally, SK Hynix was selected as the preferred bidder by Toshiba, becoming one step closer to acquiring NAND flash technology from Toshiba. However, Foxconn demanded that the US oppose the SK Hynix alliance’s acquisition of a stake in Toshiba because Korea’s NAND market share will exceed 50% if the SK Hynix alliance takes over the stake. The situation is getting complicated as the acquisition competition took an unexpected turn. Toshiba changed its stance to have negotiations with Western Digital and Foxconn apart from SK Hynix. "If Foxconn succeeds in acquiring Toshiba Memory and makes a chicken game-like investment, the memory semiconductor market can fall into a serious turmoil," an industry official said. Foxconn's aggressive investment in displays such as liquid crystal displays is also a threat to Korean TV makers such as Samsung Electronics. In addition to investing in LCD factories in the US, Foxconn already has large LCD factories in China and Taiwan. Moreover, after acquiring Sharp, which is a strong display player, Foxconn’s LCD TV market share rose to 4th place in the second quarter from 9th place in the first quarter of this year. In recent years, the company has been trying to enter the organic light emitting diode (OLED) business as well as the LCD business while trying to acquire Japan Display of Japan. Moreover, Foxconn is expanding its business in all directions such as the medical equipment, industrial big data and cloud and security business. "Foxconn's technology is still far below that of Korean companies but Foxconn can be a huge threat because of its huge financing capacity and support from the US government," a securities industry official said. businesskorea.co.kr

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75% Upside Volume on the NYSE - 71% Upside Volume on the NASDAQ:

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Notice to readers: As of 3/3/11, Closing ARMS Index (TRIN) calculation is based on composite data. Click here for historical data prior to 3/3/11.

NYSE	Latest close	Previous close	Week ago
Issues traded	3,090	3,080	3,092
Advances	2,122	1,487	1,085
Declines	844	1,440	1,891
Unchanged	124	153	116
New highs	84	51	57
New lows	47	145	120
Adv. volume*	510,552,611	328,092,847	274,462,869
Decl. volume*	164,625,596	367,514,108	414,054,589
Total volume*	688,272,322	713,334,426	700,838,737
Closing tick	+3	+124	+157
Closing Arms (TRIN)†	0.80	1.28	0.94
Block trades*	6,039	5,722	5,798
Adv. volume	2,055,767,221	1,194,673,083	1,072,702,113
Decl. volume	650,441,408	1,483,656,447	1,759,254,574
Total volume	2,759,051,622	2,746,814,871	2,884,775,152
Nasdaq	Latest close	Previous close	Week ago
Issues traded	3,042	3,027	3,058
Advances	2,010	1,238	947
Declines	846	1,605	1,943
Unchanged	186	184	168
New highs	54	34	59
New lows	66	109	98
Closing tick	+254	-222	+160
Closing Arms (TRIN)†	0.90	1.11	0.57
Block trades	7,267	7,056	6,196
Adv. volume	1,122,906,237	616,481,335	704,546,330
Decl. volume	423,525,570	884,878,562	822,416,080
Total volume	1,583,729,654	1,542,695,572	1,559,068,669
NYSE American	Latest close	Previous close	Week ago
Issues traded	338	336	335
Advances	175	131	94
Declines	135	186	226
Unchanged	28	19	15
New highs	2	1	1
New lows	5	8	8
Adv. volume*	3,315,849	2,680,059	2,169,792
Decl. volume*	3,042,227	3,373,859	4,305,625
Total volume*	6,673,771	6,372,249	6,621,924
Closing tick	...	-20	+12
Closing Arms (TRIN)†	1.14	0.72	0.96
Block trades*	56	78	94
Adv. volume	39,516,915	30,575,370	17,874,238
Decl. volume	34,768,729	31,380,041	41,163,085
Total volume	77,657,440	65,211,250	60,899,261
NYSE Arca	Latest close	Previous close	Week ago
Issues traded	1,274	1,276	1,284
Advances	924	659	409
Declines	330	576	828
Unchanged	20	41	47
New highs	36	23	13
New lows	16	41	40
Adv. volume*	121,187,072	93,707,430	67,100,549
Decl. volume*	79,403,571	100,088,796	117,303,014
Total volume*	202,079,781	195,629,426	189,899,151
Closing tick	+35	-10	-37
Closing Arms (TRIN)†	1.47	1.33	0.98
Block trades*	981	1,059	1,015
Adv. volume	527,424,602	388,185,676	247,823,483
Decl. volume	277,441,205	451,316,422	490,044,285
Total volume	812,338,141	850,491,426	761,413,297

*Primary market NYSE, NYSE American or NYSE Arca only. †Compares the ratio of advancing to declining issues with the ratio of volume of shares rising and falling. Arms Index or TRIN = (advancing issues / declining issues) / (composite volume of advancing issues / composite volume of declining issues.) Generally, an Arms of less than 1.00 indicates buying demand; above 1.00 indicates selling pressure.

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