*Worries about slower demand for Apple products growing. SEOUL, Jan 24- LG Display Co Ltd, a major supplier of iPad and iPhone screens, said its LCD panel shipments would slide this quarter, underscoring worries about weaker growth for Apple Inc products, and taking the shine off forecast-trouncing results.
Q1 profit seen tumbling on falling Apple orders. SEOUL, Jan 24- LG Display Co Ltd reported a second consecutive quarterly profit, beating forecasts by far on a rebound in television sales during the year-end holiday season and solid sales of screens used in Apple Inc's iPad and iPhone.
*Toshiba favoured on news of GE thermal energy tie-up. Ibiden Co Ltd, which makes printed circuit boards for the iPhone, slid 5.7 percent, while Foster Electric Co Ltd, Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd and Sharp Corp, slipped between 1 percent and 2.5 percent.
TOKYO, Jan 24- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to bounce slightly after three straight days of declines, with Japanese suppliers to the iPhone in focus after Apple announced disappointing sales figures for the smartphone overnight.
TOKYO, Jan 21- The Nikkei share average fell on Monday as investors pocketed profits as a precaution ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting, with expectations for aggressive easing already mostly priced into the market.
TOKYO, Jan 21- The Nikkei share average slipped on Monday morning as the Bank of Japan began a two-day policy meeting, stepping back somewhat after last week's 32- month high on expectations the central bank will take aggressive anti-deflation measures.
TOKYO, Jan 21- Japan's Nikkei share average dipped in morning trade on Monday as the Bank of Japan began a two-day policy meeting, stepping back somewhat after last week's rally to a 32- month high on expectations the central bank will take aggressive anti-deflation measures.
TOKYO/ SEOUL, Jan 18- Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7- inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini.
TOKYO/ SEOUL, Jan 18- Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7- inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini.
TOKYO/ SEOUL, Jan 18- Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7- inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini.
*Sony gains 5 percent on Goldman Sachs upgrade. TOKYO, Jan 17- The Nikkei share average edged up on Thursday, regaining some of the ground lost in its biggest one-day drop in eight months the previous day, with Sharp Corp in the spotlight after news it was in tie-up talks for its TV business in China.
TOKYO, Jan 17- Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday morning after suffering its biggest one-day drop in eight months on Wednesday, but airlines and suppliers to Boeing dropped after its Dreamliner passenger jet was grounded due to safety issues.
TOKYO, Jan 17- Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday morning after suffering its biggest one-day drop in eight months on Wednesday, but airlines and suppliers to Boeing dropped after its Dreamliner passenger jet was grounded due to safety issues.
TOKYO, Jan 15- Japan's Nikkei share average closed at a 32- month high, as persistent weakness in the yen boosted demand for exporters' shares, though comments on the currency by the economic minister trimmed Tuesday's gains.
Jan 14- Shares in Apple Inc dipped below $500 for the first time in almost one year after reports it is slashing orders for screens and other components from its Asian supplier as intensifying competition erodes demand for its latest iPhone.
*Sharp falls on report of Apple cuts. TOKYO, Jan 15- Japan's Nikkei share average climbed 1 percent to a 32- month high on Tuesday, driving the benchmark further into "overbought" territory, as persistent weakness in the yen boosts demand for exporters' shares.
TOKYO, Jan 15- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open higher on Tuesday and may test the 11,000- mark, a level not seen since late April 2010, as persistent weakness in the yen boosts demand for exporters.
TOKYO, Jan 15- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open higher on Tuesday and may test the 11,000- mark, a level not seen since late April 2010, as persistent weakness in the yen boosts demand for exporters.