March 10 (Bloomberg) — Steven Pelayo, regional head of technology research at HSBC Holdings Plc, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about the outlook for the global semiconductor industry. Pelayo also discusses the outlook for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (This is an excerpt of the full interview

March 4 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Sheila Dharmarajan reports on Bloomberg Markets’ latest ranking of the best-paid investment banks. Bloomberg examined fees that investment banks collected for underwriting securities and advising on mergers and acquisitions worldwide

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg's Heidi Couch reports on Foster's Group Ltd.'s first-half profit.¶¶¶ Australia's biggest beer and winemaker's net income dropped to A$355.7 million ($316 million) in the six months ended December from A$411.3 million a year earlier, Australia's biggest beer and winemaker said in a statement today. Fosters was projected to post profit of A$381 million, according to the median estimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Khalid Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping Pcl, a Thai bulk-shipping company, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about the outlook for his company and the global shipping industry.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Acer Inc

to close the site, according to a blog post today. Google also said it has evidence that an attack on its China Web site was aimed at accessing Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists

business model after its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. Thompson also discusses the prospects for AOL’s advertising revenue and the company’s competition