All posts tagged "Samsung"

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    Merger approval boon for Samsung owner family, but challenges still ahead

    SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) — Shareholders’ outright approval of a proposed merger of two key Samsung units gives momentum to the leadership transfer at Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, market watchers said Friday. But potential legal...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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  • In this June 23, 2015, Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives to attend a press conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. A vote on combining companies in the Samsung empire is pitting South Korea’s richest family against small shareholders and foreign investors. Shareholders at Samsung C&T will vote Friday, July 17 on the proposed takeover of the company by another Samsung company, Cheil Industries. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Vote pits Samsung family against foreign, Korean investors

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A vote on combining companies in the Samsung empire is pitting its wealthy founding family against small shareholders and foreign investors in a rare challenge to the power of South Korea’s ubiquitous...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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  • Samsung C&T co-CEO Kim Shin answers questions from reporters about the latest updates in the firm's ongoing feud with Elliott Associates after he participated in Wednesday's regular weekly meeting with presidents of key Samsung affiliates at the Seocho Samsung Tower, southern Seoul, Wednesday. / Yonhap
    Samsung seeks to win big against Elliott

    Individual investors hold key in vote By Kim Yoo-chul Samsung C&T seeks to win big in a battle against Elliott Associates over its proposed merger with Cheil Industries at its shareholders’ meeting, Friday. “We should score a...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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  • Samsung removed cartoons attacking a US hedge fund's founder as a ravenous, big-beaked vulture after Jewish organizations protested. (AP Photo)
    Samsung removes online cartoons after criticisms of anti-Semitism

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Samsung company on Wednesday removed online cartoons attacking a U.S. hedge fund’s founder as a ravenous, big-beaked vulture after Jewish organizations protested similar smears in South Korea’s media. The hedge fund,...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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  • This file photo taken on September 24, 2014, shows models posing with the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge. Industry watchers said on July 15, 2015, Samsung Electronics Co. plans to showcase its next phablet flagship, presumably the Galaxy Note 5, in earlier-than-expected August. (Yonhap)
    Samsung to showcase Galaxy Note 5 in Aug.

    SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. plans to showcase its next phablet flagship, presumably the Galaxy Note 5, in earlier-than-expected August, industry sources said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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  • A figure from a report released by Samsung Electronics Co. demonstrates the body-fat measuring feature of a smartphone. Industry sources said on July 14, 2015, South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. received a patent for the new technology to check users' body fat. (Yonhap)
    Samsung wins patent for smartphone-based body fat analysis

    SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has won a patent for analyzing body fat through smartphones, an intellectual property organization said Tuesday, which may mark another leap forward in enhancing health...

    • Posted July 13, 2015
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  • A woman walks by the advertisement of Samsung's Galaxy S6 smartphone outside its showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing its profit from the mobile business to less than half from a year earlier. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    With disappointing S6 sales, Samsung predicts fall in profits

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. forecast a fall in second quarter profit in a sign that sales of its much anticipated Galaxy S6 smartphones failed to meet expectations. Samsung on Tuesday estimated its second...

    • Posted July 7, 2015
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