Samsung is the Yang to HTC's Yin

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James Simms and Duncan Mavin, Samsung is the Yang to HTC's Yin. Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2012 (in the half-page of Heard on the Street).
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303665904577452071695127712.html

Quote:

"In the yin-yang world of Asia's smartphone companies, Samsung Electronics is all light and positivity. Taiwan's HTC is increasingly shrouded in darkness. * * * HTC is getting squeezed by Apple and Samsung in high-end smartphones. In the low-end of the market, Chinese makers like Huawei Technologies and ZTE are squeezing HTC too.

"the smartphone sector increasingly looks like a two horse race. Macquarie says the combined global smartphone market share by shipments of Apple and Samsung could rise to nearly 70% by the fourth quarter, up from around 50% in the first. As these two giants are increasingly dominant, smaller players like HTC can only retreat into the shadows.

(2) USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit and Devices Containing Games. US International Trade Commission, June 7, 2012 (News Release 12-066)
www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2012/er0607kk2.htm

Quote:

"The investigation is based on an amended complaint filed by Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation of San Diego, CA, on May 11, 2012.

"The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation: * * *  Motorola Mobility, Inc., of Libertyville, IL; HTC America, Inc., of Bellevue, WA; and HTC Corporation of Taiwan.