That job will probably go to the likes of LG Display and AU Optronics instead.
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At least three AU Optronics executives face jail time in the U.S. for their role in the scandal.
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One key beneficiary is AU Optronics, who will see utilization trend higher in 2013, and with it margins and earnings.
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As part of his cautionary call, Bang cut his ratings on both LG Display and AU Optronics to Neutral from Buy.
Those reports were subsequently denied, but Apple has been said to use displays largely from LG and AU Optronics for its iPad Mini.
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Former AU Optronics Corp. president Hsuan Bin Chen and former AU Optronics Corp. executive vice president Hui Hsiung were also found guilty at that time.
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Corning supplies glass to firms like Sharp, Verizon, LG Display, AU Optronics and Deutsche Telekom, with its products finding themselves on the shelves of big retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
The indictment charged that AU Optronics Corp. participated in the worldwide price-fixing conspiracy from Sept. 14, 2001, to Dec. 1, 2006, and that its subsidiary joined the conspiracy as early as spring 2003.
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Amid disputes whether the late Steve Jobs would have approved of the product, WSJ.com reported that LG Display and AU Optronics began mass production of what will be the 7.85-inch liquid crystal display.
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Shiu Lung Leung, AU Optronics Corp.
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