Samsung Electronics

South Korea plans $15 billion extra budget to boost ...
SEOUL--South Korea's government announced a $15.3 billion stimulus plan on April 16 to boost slowing growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Samsung promotes son and heir closer to top job
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the Samsung group (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. pushed the anointed heir of the company chairman closer to the top job on Dec. 5 as it cemented a global lead in smartphones with a stock price...
ANALYSIS: At Panasonic, blunt chief looks to force...
Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corp., speaks during a news conference on Oct. 31. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
In a presentation beamed to Panasonic Corp. offices around the world last week, company president Kazuhiro Tsuga stunned middle managers with the blunt message that their...
ANALYSIS: Is Sony buying time - or problems?
Kazuo Hirai, Sony Corp.’s current president, left, shakes hands with outgoing president and chairman Howard Stringer  during a news conference to announce the change in leadership in February. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SINGAPORE--Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion in the past three months snapping up an assortment of businesses such as medical equipment and cloud gaming,...
Samsung motions to add iPhone 5 to patent case
Apple's iPhone 5 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SEOUL--South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. says it has filed a motion with a U.S. court to add Apple's iPhone 5 to their ongoing patent battle.
Samsung steals march on Nokia with first Windows...
Samsung unveils the new ATIV S, a Windows 8 smartphone, at the company's event in Berlin on Aug. 29. (AP photo)
BERLIN/SEOUL--Samsung Electronics on Aug. 29 became the first handset maker to announce a smartphone using Microsoft's latest mobile software, making its surprise, hurried...
Sony to end joint LCD panel venture with Sharp
Sharp Display Products Corp.’s Sakai plant (Photo by Toyokazu Kosugi)
Sony Corp. said May 24 that it will end a joint venture with Sharp Corp. to produce liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
Samsung unwraps latest Galaxy rival to iPhone
A worker cleans at Samsung Electronics' showroom in Seoul, South Korea, in this file photo taken on Jan. 27. (AP Photo)
LONDON -- Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on May 3, updating the most direct rival to Apple's iPhone with a larger touch screen...
Galaxy phones power Samsung to record $5.2 bln...
Samsung's Galaxy Note (Asahi Shimbun file photo, provided by NTT DOCOMO)
SEOUL-- Samsung Electronics posted a record $5.2 billion quarterly profit as it shifted over 20,000 Galaxy smartphones an hour in January-March, outselling Apple's iPhone in a...
Olympus hears pitches from potential partners
Olympus Corp. will seek a prospective partner for a capital and business tie-up in order to stay afloat. (Louis Templado)
Executives of scandal-plagued Olympus Corp. are seeking a company for a capital and business partnership to help rebuild its sagging business.
Sony to end LCD venture with Samsung
S-LCD Corp., a joint venture between Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. in South Korea (Provided by Sony Corp.)
Sony Corp. will terminate its joint venture with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. for producing liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs, the Japanese electronics...
Samsung asks Tokyo court for iPhone 4S sales ban
U.S. Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 4S smartphone. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. claims that the device violated the company's patent. (Provided by U.S. Apple Inc.)
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co. has asked courts in Japan and Australia to stop sales of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 4S smartphone, the South Korean firm said Oct. 17.
Without Jobs, Apple's gap with rivals could narrow
SEOUL -- The death of Apple's inspirational leader is likely to have a deep impact on the maker of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, giving major rivals a greater chance to catch up...
Samsung asks for European injunctions against...
iPhone 4S, Apple Inc.'s new smartphone model (Provided by the Apple Inc.)
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. filed applications with courts in France and Italy for injunctions banning the sale of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 4S smartphone on Oct. 6 (Japan...
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