Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Company Ltd. has signed an agreement with Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics Company Ltd. on the establishment of an assembly and test joint venture in China.

Shenzhen-based Huntkey Enterprise Group has announced the launch of a 90watt Energy Star universal notebook adapter that the company says can reach the Energy Star-V standard.

Japan's Toshiba and Jiangsu-based Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a system LSI chip assembly and testing joint venture in Wuxi.

According to information from the Open Handset Alliance, China's telecommunications manufacturer Huawei and 13 other companies, including Vodafone, Toshiba and Sony Ericsson, have jointed the alliance to lend support to the Android open source platform-based Google phone.

Toshiba Corporation has announced that the company has turned the joint venture it ran with top Chinese electronics maker TCL into a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring the remaining 10% stake of the joint venture for JPY200 million.

According to a quick poll of top global buyers from Fortune 500 companies by Alibaba.com, China remains the world's top supplier despite rising production costs.

Carrier Corp., and Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. have agreed to form to form a joint venture to manufacture air-conditioning equipment.

According to Chinese media, Wal-Mart Shenzhen Sam's Club has been refusing to sell Chinese brand color TV by exclusively selling foreign brand color TV sets since it was relocated to Qiaoxiang Road at the end of 2005.