We continue to capture all opportunities possible related to the ongoing and broadening transition from gold to copper and look ahead at wedge bonder volume improvements, LED expansion and advanced packaging growth opportunities.
In total lending, that is largely unchanged from 2009, when China's banks led a massive expansion of credit roughly doubling the volume of new loans from a year earlier as part of a stimulus program to keep the economy humming during the global financial crisis.
Despite enhanced price competition, the average sales price of Samsung's handsets increased on-quarter, while sales volume for the GALAXY Tab portfolio of tablets increased with the expansion of the 8.9- and 10.1-inch devices into the lineup.