like many german firms, infineon was hit hard by the recession. >>bauer: i'm in semi-conductors for the last 25 years and all these years i haven't experienced such a steep downturn as this one. we were down in some businesses on a quarterly basis 50% as compared to the previous year. all in all the year 2009, was 22% down. >>reporter: infineon's share price tumbled from well over 4 euros to just 40 euro cents. to regain the confidence of the capital markets, the company took drastic action ... cutting costs by 600 million euros, firing 15% of its staff, and selling off non-core businesses. now in 2010, that forced restructuring is paying off. >>bauer: with 50% growth this year, outperforming the 30% growth of the semi-conductor market and with a verybig turnaround in profitability from making losses to making decent double digit operating income and having a good balance sheet. >>reporter: with 40% of its revenues coming from asia, infineon has benefitted from a pick up in asian markets. business has also been boosted at home where german car man

like many german firms, infineon was hit hard by the recession. >>bauer: i'm in semi-conductors for the last 25 years and all these years i haven't experienced such a steep downturn as this one. we were down in some businesses on a quarterly basis 50% as compared to the previous year. all in all the year 2009, was 22% down. >>reporter: infineon's share price tumbled from well over 4 euros to just 40 euro cents. to regain the confidence of the capital markets, the company took drastic action ... cutting costs by 600 million euros, firing 15% of its staff, and selling off non-core businesses. now in 2010, that forced restructuring is paying off. >>bauer: with 50% growth this year, outperforming the 30% growth of the semi-conductor market and with a verybig turnaround in profitability from making losses to making decent double digit operating income and having a good balance sheet. >>reporter: with 40% of its revenues coming from asia, infineon has benefitted from a pick up in asian markets. business has also been boosted at home where german car man

later on this weekend i mentioned this little earlier, over at infineon raceway they have the classicarity racing challenge. and so you may find some delays in that area especially highways 37 and 121. this is going on all weekend so expect delays in that area friday through sunday. let's check our more popular routes at this time of the morning. a few slow sensors there coming out of the altamont pass but nothing unusual for this time of the morning. in fact, overall friday light. in the clear 14 minutes is your drive time on westbound 580 from the altamont pass towards the dublin interchange and really we are seeing top speeds all the way into pleasanton. much different commute there today than we saw yesterday where an early-morning accident just jammed up the morning commute really until 9:00. all right. antioch westbound highway 4 a few slow sensors here as you make your way towards pittsburg but not too bad just causing a slight delay. and mass transit is on time. we have been calling and there's been no issues for bart, ace, muni, caltrain. of course things can change moment by