Posts Tagged ‘ Samsung Electronics ’

TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]

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Samsung and Apple to end Nokia’s smartphone reign 

June 13, 2011
Samsung and Apple to end Nokia’s smartphone reign 

Models pose with Samsung Electronics’ new smartphone Galaxy S II at the company’s headquarters in Seoul in this April 28, 2011 file photo. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will become the world’s largest smartphone maker this quarter, overtaking struggling Nokia Oyj which has lead the market since 1996, Nomura said on Monday. In the next quarter [...]

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S.Korea's smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors 

May 27, 2011
S.Korea's smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors 

Models pose with Samsung Electronics' new smartphone Galaxy S II at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 28, 2011. The proliferation of smartphones in South Korea is transforming this former "walled garden" ruled by local players into one of Asia’s most promising destinations for global Internet and social networking firms. A solid, wireless broadband infrastructure, [...]

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Supporting industries’ time has come in Vietnam

November 10, 2009
Supporting industries’ time has come in Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – The fact that big groups chose Vietnam as their production base is viewed as an opportunity for Vietnam to develop supporting industries. At the inauguration ceremony for the $670 million mobile phone production factory of Samsung Electronics Vietnam in late October 2009, Chairman Choi Gee Sung expressed thanks to representatives of the South [...]

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Asian consumers go back to basics in downturn

May 20, 2009
Asian consumers go back to basics in downturn

A sales clerk helps a customer at the Samsung Electronics Co. laptop computer booth at an electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea. Forget about bells and whistles. Asians have gone back to basics in the economic slowdown and are opting for no-frills, lower- priced products rather than brand names and items with fancy features that [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...