Korean car designers step onto global stage
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GENEVA/SEOUL  - Global automakers are tapping a rich seam of talented vehicle designers in a surprising spot: South Korea.
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FPD (flat-panel display) makers from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea are competing for the spotlight at FPD International 2004 in Yokohama Japan (October 20-22).
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Chery Automobile, a feisty newcomer to global carmaking, is on the verge of becoming the first Chinese company to crack the U.S. auto market.
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South Korean car maker Hyundai is to build a second plant in India, in an effort to increase sales in a rapidly-growing market.
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STOCKHOLM, Sep 26 (IPS) - The worldâs car makers are racing each other to  produce powerful new models that run on ethanol-based fuels for  the booming Swedish market.
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(InfoWorld) - Google is trying out a new look on its South Korean Web site that goes further from the company's famously clean design than anything tried before. Google has been quietly tinkering with the design of its Web site for some time. Most recently, the company added a toolbar with text links at the top of its flagship site, just above the company's logo and search bar. The new site design introduced in South Korea replaces the toolbar with an array of logos -- including a row of animated icons that expand when the mouse rolls over them -- that add a dose of color, and clutter, to the site. Eric Schmidt, the chairman and CEO of Google, announced the new look duringÂ a keynote speechÂ Wednesday at the Seoul Digital Forum, saying Korean users were ready for the new design, which he described as more sophisticated. Schmidt didn't say whether the company planned to use the same design on other Google sites. The changes toÂ Google's South Korean siteÂ represent a departure from the traditional look of the company's Web site. Originally designed to be purely functional, with nothing that would slow the site down, the clean look of Google's search engine was embraced by the company's earliest users, helping to endear the site to them. As the range of Google's services has expanded in recent years, the company has looked for ways to include them on the main Web site and promote them to users. The South Korean Google design includes icons above the search bar, for Web search, image search, news search, blog search, and Google Groups search. The row of animated icons below the search bar lead to Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Notebook, Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, and Picasa. As more services are rolled out in South Korea, such as Google Maps, these will be added to the site, Schmidt said. Â ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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Honda Motor Co.  will build a second car plant in Thailand and a new motorcycle factory in Vietnam as well as boosting capacity in other regions to meet growing demand abroad even as the Japanese market shrinks.
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Car buyers, tired of designs that roll  off the assembly line, are shifting gears to decades past.
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Russia, other nations in east are latest destinations for OEMs, suppliers. Facing tighter margins and continuous needs to be closer to market, automobile manufacturers in Europe continue to seek out low-cost ...
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China's ambition to become a world-class car manufacturer went on display at the Paris Motor Show for the first time, putting a chill into more established vehicle makers.
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The rollout of the redesigned Hyundai Sonata is a sign of how much more cutthroat the U.S. auto market could become, with most experts convinced that China will soon follow South Korea with inexpensive products of its own.
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Hankook Tire Co., Korea's biggest tire maker, is weighing Eastern European countries such as Slovakia and Poland for a plant to supply regional carmakers including the Slovak unit of Kia Motors Corp.
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At the Detroit Auto Show,  automakers unveil their stylish redesigned pickups.
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The phones are appearing as Korea's carriers begin switching on the latest upgrades and increasing transmission speed.
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Car makers at the Paris Motor Show this week competed for best green credentials, unveiling environmentally-friendly cars designed to attract consumers on grounds of cost as well as conscience.
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BBC Click reports on the futuristic homes offering intelligent technology in South Korea.
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South Korea has become one of the worldâs most credit-card-friendly countries. With cards everywhere, however, the challenge is to attract consumers.