Fed by a global hunger for smartphones and tablets, illegal tin mining has turned what was once a tropical paradise into a hell on Earth. Matteo Fagotto reports.

Gadgets to help a user exercise better, cook better, and even brush their teeth better were among the products unveiled at the world’s largest electronics show.

Mugger flips out over victim’s ‘old’ phone

LG Display has reported a small profit for the first three months of the year, reflecting slackening orders from its key client, Apple, during a typically slow period for the consumer electronics market.

Royal Philips Electronics and LG Electronics are among companies fined a record €1.47bn by EU anti-trust regulators over price-fixing agreements of now-obsolete cathode-ray tubes used in televisions and computer monitors.

Seven companies have been fined almost €1.5bn by the EU for rigging the market in television and computer monitor tubes for a decade ending in 2006.

South Korean consumer electronics maker LG Electronics reported a third straight quarterly profit today as it sold more smartphones that run on a faster wireless network.

LG Electronics reported a lower quarterly profit today as its mobile phone division sank to a loss, underlining the challenges for its smartphone business as it struggles with competition from Apple and Samsung.

Struggling Japanese electronics giants Sony and Panasonic are to team up to develop televisions with advanced technology, in a bid to claw back market share from overseas rivals.

Asian stocks rose today as investors stayed calm in the face of a possible debt default by Greece to search for good deals in technology shares boosted by stunning results from Apple.

World stocks were boosted today by a robust start to the US holiday shopping season and reports that European leaders are considering legal means to force debt-ridden euro countries into fiscal discipline.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced a $40 billion (€29.9bn) drive to improve the health of women and children, which he said would save millions of lives around the world.

LG Electronics today reported and increase in revenues increased in most of its departments comapred to the second quarter of 2009.

The world’s largest mobile phone operators, including the four largest in the US, announced today that they are combining forces to make it easier for software developers to write applications that will run on as many phones as possible.

South Korean group LG Electronics has reported a surge in quarterly profits to 807bn won (£457.32m), up from 24.9bn won (€14.11m) won a year earlier.

SAMSUNG unveiled the world’s first solar-powered mobile phone at an industry show in Barcelona yesterday where the sector is showcasing the new technology it hopes will drive demand through the economic crisis.

Fulham have announced a four-year kit supply deal with Nike, ending their association with Airness after just one season of a three-year deal.

THE days of sweating over a hot iron to remove stubborn creases from clothes may be a thing of the past with the launch of a washing machine that claims to do the job for you.

TOTTENHAM have signed a five-year kit deal with sportswear giants Puma which will net the club £5 million (€7.3m) per season.

Tottenham have signed a five-year kit deal with sportswear giants Puma, an agreement which will net the club £5m (€7.3m) per season.

FLAT-PANEL televisions with built-in digital video recorders. Pocketable satellite radio receivers that can bookmark songs for online purchase. High-definition TVs engineered to play video or display photos from any computer on your home network.

Electronics giant Philips today said losses at its flat-screen television unit had contributed to a slump in profits in its first quarter.

Royal Philips Electronics NV expects to achieve additional cost savings of €250m in 2004, chief executive Gerard Kleisterlee said at a news conference on annual results.

SOUTH KOREA'S worst-ever typhoon caused $1.3 billion in damage, battering the nation's main port and industrial southeastern coast and leaving 121 people dead or missing.

South Korean business giants were bracing themselves for massive disruption to their exports today after the country’s worst typhoon on record wrecked its main port and left 115 people dead or missing.