The Wall Street Journal shrinks
New York: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has come out in a new, smaller design that is expected to save money for its publisher Dow Jones & Co. The publishers also expect the new design will help make the paper more appealing to a wider base of readers, especially young professionals. (See: The Wall Street Journal plans yet another makeover)

The paper has become narrower by three inches — just short of one column — over the earlier size and will help the publishers save about $18 million a year. Also since the publishers are moving to a more standard format used by other newspapers it will also allow the WSJ to be printed in more places.

As part of a promotional campaign, the WSJ is making about half a million copies of the paper free on newsstands on Tuesday and opening up its Web site, WSJ.com, to non-subscribers for the day. The changes are also aimed at bringing in younger readers with an easier-to-read presentation of news.
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Semiconductor sales to grow at double digit globally: survey
Amsterdam: Sales of semiconductors are expected to register double-digit growth in 2007, according to a survey released by an industry trade group. Sales of semiconductors touched $22.7 billion in November, an increase of 11.3 per cent from the $20.4 billion in November 2005, according to a survey recently published by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Sales increased by 3.1 percent from the $22.0 billion reported in October, according to the group.

The November sales figure was the fifth consecutive month of record sales. For the first 11 months of 2006, worldwide semiconductor sales totalled $225.1 billion, an increase of 9.4 percent from the same period in 2005.

Consumer demand for products like digital cameras and flat televisions, which contain large amounts of processing and memory chips, drove semiconductor sales in November, even though the growth pace slowed from the beginning of the year.
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