LOCAL industry players and analysts expect the war in Iraq to be largely negative for the industry, which has been in the doldrums since the dotcom bubble burst.
OSK Research sees the semiconductor business as the most vulnerable in a war climate. It expects MPI and Unisem to be mainly affected on two counts. Firstly, companies would more likely put their IT budgets on hold. Secondly, the US firms are their major customers.
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