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Flat-screen maker LG Display Co Ltd said on Tuesday it would invest 50 billion won ($40 million) in a pilot line and testing facility for solar power cells, aiming for commercial production in 2012.

Qatar Airways ordered 24 planes from Airbus as the world's largest air show opened in Paris on Monday, the Gulf carrier flexing its financial muscles as many recession-hit rivals struggle to find funds.

An order from Qatar Airways looked set to brighten a glum start to a rain-soaked Paris Air Show on Monday as the Gulf carrier displays its financial muscle in the face of competing airlines bludgeoned by recession.

The president of Google Inc's global display advertising business is leaving, marking the latest in a series of changes within the Internet company's sales team in the past two months.

Online travel agency Orbitz Worldwide said on Tuesday it would start including all taxes and fees in its initial price display for hotels on Orbitz.com instead of just the base rate.

Samsung Mobile Display, a mobile display venture of Samsung Electronics, said on Sunday the global smartphone market was expected to grow to 500 million units in 2012 from 170 million in 2009.

South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd posted a second straight quarter of losses due to weak LCD prices, but forecast a pick-up in prices and shipments as the industry recovers from a steep downturn.

South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd posted on Thursday a steeper-than-expected quarterly operating loss due to weak LCD panel prices, but forecast improvements in prices and shipments as the sector slowly recovers.

South Korean flat-screen maker LG Display Co Ltd , posted on Thursday a second straight quarter of losses due to weak panel prices and depressed demand for electronics.

South Korean flat screen maker LG Display and two Taiwanese rivals are expected to report another quarter in the red, but losses in January-March likely narrowed from the previous quarter, driven by booming sales in China.

Samsung Electronics and LG Display, two of South Korea's top technology companies, are bracing for a very difficult year and remain cautious on any near-term recovery in the battered sector.

Philips Electronics spin-off Plastic Logic announced that it will build its first flexible display manufacturing plant in Germany after raising $100 million in equity to finance its technology.

The market for small to medium sized displays is continuing to see falling prices, pushing some analysts to believe consolidation between manufacturers may be necessary in the future.

The mobile display industry is getting a boost from multimedia enabled cell phones, with shipments expected to grow 17 percent in 2006.