Samsung Tech Day 2022
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Private equity
NPS to invest in Silver Lake’s $20 bn tech fund
The National Pension Service has decided to invest in a $20 billion technology fund that Silicon Valley-based Silver Lake Partners recently closed, ...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung remains tight-lipped on new US chip plant reports
Samsung Electronics Co. was reported to be considering investing over $10 billion to build a new chip plant in the US. But the world’s top mem...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung wins Intel foundry order; TSMC takes GPU deal
Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched its first order from Intel Corp. to manufacture Intel-designed chips, as the world’s top memory chipmaker...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Hynix in intensifying competition for solid-state drives
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are unveiling a series of new solid-state drives (SSDs) to grab a greater share of the intensifying global...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Court rulings
Samsung heir sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for bribery
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman and de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee was on Jan. 18 sentenced to two and a half years in prison on bribery and embez...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
Samsung, LG vie for top spot as premium TV players at CES 2021
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s two largest TV makers, are showcasing a series of new models at the world’s...
Jan 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung flags decent Q4 earnings growth, misses estimates on KRW, Apple
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has flagged that its fourth-quarter operating profit likely rose by nearly a third from a yea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, other foundry players at full capacity as chip orders surge
Samsung Electronics Co. and other global foundry players are running their plants at full capacity as makers of cars and electronic devices compete ...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung Elec steps up efforts for river management
Semiconductor manufacturing plants use an enormous amount of water, earning the semiconductor industry the nickname of "a thirsty business." Samsung...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Elec draws attention with $92 bn in idle cash
Samsung Electronics Co., sitting on a cash pile of 100 trillion won ($92 billion), has been absent in global M&A markets over the past few years...
Dec 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung overtakes TSMC as top chipmaker by market cap
Samsung Electronics Co. has reclaimed its throne as the world's largest semiconductor company, overtaking global foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor ...
Dec 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
D.CAMP eyes tech startups for global expansion
D.CAMP, South Korea's largest non-profit foundation for startups, is on the lookout for domestic tech startups with the potential to go big in glo...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung heirs may face record-high $10 bn inheritance tax bill
The Samsung Group heirs, including Samsung Electronics Co.'s de facto leader Jay Y. Lee, may be looking at a record-high $9.9 billion inheritance ...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung clinches 2nd deal to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips
Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips in the second such contract of the year from the US chipmaker, as ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils 110-inch premium MicroLED TV
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new 110-inch light-emitting diode (LED) TV as the South Korean tech giant aims to enhance its presence in the...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics to raise image sensor output to overtake Sony
Samsung Electronics Co. is switching one of its DRAM chip fabrication lines to boost production of image sensors used in smartphones and other gadge...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics buys land in Austin, eyes foundry expansion
Samsung Electronics Co. has purchased a giant lot of land in Austin, Texas, where its US chip plant is located, raising expectations that the compan...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Survey
Bank CEOs in Korea pick big tech as top 2021 challenge
Chief executives of banks operating in South Korea have picked the emergence of big technology companies and fintech startups in the credit market a...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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In vitro diagnostics
Samsung hands over diagnostics business to local bio firm
Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to hand over the business rights for its in vitro diagnostics (IVD) unit to a South Korean bio company as part ...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Samsung promotes young executives to lead memory, foundry businesses
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced a leadership shuffle in its two key businesses – memory chips and foundry – as the South ...
Dec 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Global NAND market in game of chicken as Samsung ups ante
Samsung Electronics Co. is upping the ante to extend its leadership in the memory chip sector with a vow to invest heavily in the NAND business next...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering wins $1 bn Malaysia plant deal
Samsung Engineering Co. has received a letter of intent from Malaysia’s petrochemical firm Sarawak Petchem Sdn Bhd to build a methanol plant i...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung foundry ramps up chip packaging to compete against TSMC
The battleground for global foundry leaders – Samsung Electronics Co. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) – is shifting fr...
Nov 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Techstars to invest in 30 Korean startups by 2022
Global startup accelerator Techstars plans to invest in 30 startups in South Korea, which has a more mature and open-minded venture capital market c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics hits record-high global TV market share in Q3
Samsung Electronics Co.’s global TV market share rose to record levels in the third quarter in value terms, boosted by large-size organic ligh...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy, Daewoo Shipbuilding fetch over $4 bn in orders
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry appears to be entering full recovery mode after almost a year-long drought in orders thanks to Samsung Heavy...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Legendary trader Larry Hite sees tech bubble, says Tesla yet to prove value
NEW YORK -- Larry Hite, long-time successful hedge-fund manager who doesn’t believe anyone can predict how the stock market will move, has warne...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Companies listed on tech-heavy Kosdaq score high in Q3 on pandemic
South Korean companies listed on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market posted one of their best third quarters ever thanks to strong sales related to anti-viru...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kospi-listed companies perform well, even without Samsung
Kospi-listed companies’ operating profits have turned bullish in the third quarter compared to the year-earlier period, swinging back from the n...
Nov 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy, Samsung Heavy pull in over $1 trn in VLCC orders
South Korea’s shipbuilders have made a clean sweep of year-end orders owing to to contracts placed for very large crude carriers (VLCCs). Demand...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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