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• Jabil Circuit to buy Nypro for about $665M

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-- Contract electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc. said Monday that it will buy Nypro Inc., which provides manufactured precision plastic products for customers in the healthcare, packaging and consumer electronics industries, for about $665 million.

• UPDATE 1-Jabil Circuit to buy plastic product maker Nypro for $665 mln

  Feb 4- Jabil Circuit Inc said it would buy Nypro Inc, a maker of precision plastic products, for about $665 million to add to its consumer electronics, healthcare and consumer packaging businesses.

• UPDATE 2-HTC plans cheaper phones for China as revenue sags

  *China a battleground as Samsung, Apple dominate globally. TAIPEI, Feb 4- Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp will shift its focus more towards emerging markets and offer lower priced phones in China this year as it grapples with slumping revenue in the shadow of Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy series.

• UPDATE 1-HTC sees Q1 revenue flat to 17 pct lower vs Q4

  *HTC sees Q1 revenue T $50-60 bln, vs Q4 T $60 bln. TAIPEI, Feb 4- Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp expects revenue to be flat to 17 percent lower in the first quarter compared with the previous three months, worse than forecast, while margins are also seen holding steady or shrinking.

• Video Game Industry Can't Catch a Break, Still Struggling

  

  Why things don't look good for the video game industry.

• Gaming China: Easing Rules Won't Help US Makers

  

  Analysts say the potential impact on major U.S. video game publishers will likely be minimal from China lifting its ban on video game consoles.

• Apple pips Samsung for mobile phone sales lead in fourth quarter

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- Apple Inc became the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the lucrative U.S. market during the fourth quarter of 2012, outshining arch rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a report by Strategy Analystics showed.

• Sony Playstation Meeting Ignites Talk of PS4

  

  Sony will this month host its first major Playstation meeting in two years, sparking a flare-up in online speculation the Japanese consumer electronics giant is preparing to unveil the successor to its 70 million-selling PS3 games console. Sony declined to say whether it would release a new product at the meeting in New York on Feb. 20. "

• Sharp Rebounds, Makes a Profit in December Quarter

  

  Sharp rebounded to a third-quarter operating profit on Friday, improving the bailed-out consumer electroncs maker's chances of convincing lenders and shareholders that it is a viable company.

• Sony ignites talk of PS4 unveil with Playstation meeting

  TOKYO, Feb 1- Sony Corp will this month host its first major Playstation meeting in two years, sparking a flare-up in online speculation the Japanese consumer electronics giant is preparing to unveil the successor to its 70 million-selling PS3 games console. Sony declined to say whether it would release a new product at the meeting in New York on Feb. 20. "

• BlackBerry shares slide as new devices face uphill battle

  NEW YORK, Jan 31- The afterglow of Research In Motion Ltd's BlackBerry 10 unveiling faded on Thursday as a flurry of lukewarm reviews signaled the company's struggle to regain momentum in the hyper-competitive smartphone market was just beginning.

• Hhgregg fiscal 3Q drops 23 percent

  INDIANAPOLIS-- Regional consumer electronics chain Hhgregg said Thursday that net income fell 23 percent in the key holiday quarter, hurt by weak video game sales. Hhgregg has been expanding beyond consumer electronics into other categories. Net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 23 percent to $17.4 million, or 51 cents per share.

• Chipmaker Intel faces long march to mobile salvation

  Jan 31- Intel Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, opened a new front on Thursday in a long and stuttering campaign to get its processors into mobile phones, although it appears to still have a long way to go.

• UPDATE 4-Qualcomm profit beats street, raises guidance; shares rise

  NEW YORK, Jan 30- Qualcomm Inc, the world's leading supplier of chips for cellphones, reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations and raised its financial targets for 2013 due to growing demand for smartphones and high-speed wireless services.

• UPDATE 5-RIM rebrands as BlackBerry; launches nifty new devices

  *Research In Motion changes company's name to BlackBerry. NEW YORK, Jan 30- Research In Motion Ltd on Wednesday unveiled the long-delayed line of smartphones it hopes will put it on the comeback trail, but it disappointed investors by saying U.S. sales of its all-new BlackBerry 10 devices will not start until March, sending its share price tumbling 12 percent.

• Could the BlackBerry Be 'Cool' Again? 

  

  CNBC's Jon Fortt offers insight on his interview with Research In Motion's CEO Thorsten Heins on the day his company launched its BlackBerry 10. Discussing their take on its new product, and the stock's future, with Tim Stevens, Engadget; Michael Copeland, WIRED; and Michael Genovese, MKM Partners.

• Herb on the Street: Death of the Camera? 

  

  Sales of "point-and-shoot" digital cameras are declining as investors shift to smartphones, with CNBC's Herb Greenberg.

• RIM CEO Speaks Out on BlackBerry 10, Tablet Market 

  

  CNBC's Jon Fortt speaks to Research In Motion's CEO Thorsten Heins about the company's BlackBerry 10 launch, his expectations for 2013 in the competitive mobile industry, and plans for the tablet market.

• Unveiling of BlackBerry 10 

  

  CNBC's Jon Fortt reports the BlackBerry 10 is taking direct aim at Apple's iPhone and Google's Android; and Shaw Wu, Sterne Agee senior technology analyst, discusses where the stock could be headed now.

• RIM's 'Moment of Truth' 

  

  Discussing the rally's next leg, with Michael Ryan, UBS Wealth Management; and the new BlackBerry has finally arrived, with CNBC's Jon Fortt; and Don Yacktman, Yacktman Asset Management, shares his take on Research in Motion's new product and whether it can succeed in its "moment of truth."