Acer Inc.

Acer Inc. (/ˈeɪsər/ or /ˈæzər/; Chinese: 宏碁股份有限公司; pinyin: Hóngqí Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, lit. Hongqi Corporation; commonly known as Acer, stylized as acer, or formerly as acer) is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology and is headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Acer's products include desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, LED, LCD and plasma televisions, smartphones and peripherals. It also provides e-business services to businesses, governments and consumers. In 2014 Acer was the fourth-largest personal computer vendor in the world. In the early 2000s, Acer implemented a new business model, shifting from a manufacturer to a designer, marketer and distributor of products, while performing production processes via contract manufacturers. In addition to its core business, Acer owns the largest franchised computer retail chain, AcerLand.

History

Acer was founded by Stan Shih (施振榮), his wife Carolyn Yeh, and a group of five others as Multitech in 1976, headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

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Edit WorldNews.com 08 Jul 2016

Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, a U.S. Army veteran, has been identified as a dead suspect who launched a deadly sniper attack during an anti-police brutality march in Dallas Thursday night, Raw Story reported Friday.Johnson was killed after a robotic explosive device cornered him in a parking garage at El Centro College after police negotiated with him for several hours ... We’ve got other possible suspects that we’re interviewing....

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Edit Fox News 08 Jul 2016

A suspected sniper who was in a standoff with Dallas Police early Friday reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after five officers were killed and several others were wounded in an attack targeting law enforcement officers during a protest march ... ....

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Edit Yahoo Daily News 08 Jul 2016

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's humanitarian leader Abdul Sattar Edhi collects donations at a roadside in Peshawar, Pakistan. The family of Pakistan's legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi says he has died at a hospital in Karachi. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy' Edhi Dies at 88

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Pakistan's legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, known as the “Angel of Mercy' who devoted his life to the poor and the destitute, died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness, The Associated Press reports ... We have lost a great servant of humanity ... This loss is irreparable for the people of Pakistan."...

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Edit Business Insider 08 Jul 2016

All of humanity (excluding a few astronauts) lives on a little spinning marble hurtling through the almost uninterrupted void of cosmic emptiness, protected by the warm, comforting envelope of our atmosphere. And where does that atmosphere end? ... We do have some general boundaries though. Above Earth's surface, our atmosphere is divided into five layers, the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere ... RANKED ... ....

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BRIEF-Seventy Seven Finance Inc files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Edit Reuters 09 Jul 2016

* Seventy Seven Finance Inc files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in delaware court - Court filing ....