Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its fourth quarter operating profit likely rose 26per cent as coronavirus pandemic driven remote working and TV-watching fuelled sales of chips and display panels.
Hyundai Motor Co said in was in early stage discussions with Apple Inc after the Korea Economic Daily reported that the two were in talks to cooperate on electric cars and batteries, sending its shares surging some 20per cent.
SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics flagged a jump of more than a quarter in fourth-quarter operating profit on Friday (Jan 8), with working from home under the coronavirus pandemic driving demand for the devices powered by its chips. The world's biggest manufacturer of smartphones ...
Asian stocks opened higher on Friday, with Japan hitting a three-decade high as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United States and bet on an economic recovery later in the year.
Boeing Co will pay over US$2.5 billion to resolve the Justice Department's investigation into two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said.
U.S. taxpayers will be on the hook for damage from a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday because the building and grounds are not insured, industry sources said.
Federal investigators are probing business-card sales practices at American Express, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Jan 7), citing people familiar with the matter.
Shares of Tesla surged to a record high in heavy trading on Thursday (Jan 7), with the electric car maker's stock market value exceeding Facebook's for the first time.
Millions of pandemic stimulus payments have been deposited in incorrect customer accounts due to an Internal Revenue Service error, according to Intuit TurboTax, which is helping to distribute the payments.
Boeing Co will pay over US$2.5 billion to resolve the Justice Department's investigation into two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said.
