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Samsung's latest flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, is impressive, but is it too much of a good thing?
April 30, 2020
Covid-19
Korean 5G craze dampened by coronavirus
(April 3): South Korea is struggling to retain its lead in global next-generation 5G telecom services, as the coronavirus pandemic further cools sentiment of consumers whose interest in the technology has waned due to cost and quality concerns.
April 03, 2020
Tech
Welcome to the fold
The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the South Korean phonemaker’s attempt to recover from the disastrous launch of its Samsung Galaxy Fold, but is it enough to usher in the new age of the folding screen?
March 27, 2020
Tech
Lessons from Bernie Ebbers' acquisitions spree
SINGAPORE (Feb 14): The former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers, who died at the age of 78 this month, started life as a basketball coach. He often urged his employees to act in concert like a baseball team.
February 14, 2020
China Focus
Janitors at this China lenses firm are becoming millionaires thanks to this stock’s 9,500% rally
HONG KONG / SHANGHAI (June 6): At most big companies, it’s pretty clear who the millionaires are: top executives, rainmakers, science whizzes with PhDs.
June 06, 2018
Tech
Samsung Electronics forecasts fourth-quarter profit at over three-year high
SEOUL (Jan 6): Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50% from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years, beating expectations on strong chip sales and a smartphone rebound.
January 06, 2017
Tech
How Apple lost China to two unknown local smartphone makers
BEIJING (Nov 23): Two years ago, Oppo and Vivo couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Now they outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning.
November 23, 2016
Samsung Note 7 fires risk hurting demand for other products
SEOUL (Oct 5): Kong Tse has seen first-hand how the global uproar over flammable Samsung Note 7 smartphones is playing out with consumers. The 26-year-old, who hawks devices in the warrens of Hong Kong’s Wanchai Computer Center, says sales of the compan
October 05, 2016