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Samsung carves a local identity for its brand
The Korean consumer electronics major wants to distance itself from challenger brands, build a single unified image across categories
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Samsung expects record smartphone sales this year
The company said it had been working on India-specific offerings over the years
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Samsung to return $26 bn to shareholders after record third-quarter profit
The current record earnings are born out of such massive investments in the past, and the outsized capex is a sign that Samsung will continue investing for future results, said an analyst
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Samsung smartphone emits smoke in Delhi-Indore Jet Airways flight: Report
Cabin crew had to put the phone in tray of water, as the fire extinguishers did not work
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Samsung under scanner again as police raid offices
The police are now investigating whether Lee Kun-hee, Samsung's patriarch, misappropriated company funds to renovate his family's home
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Hot chips to make Samsung's Q3 profit sizzle
Due to strong market for memory chips, and as mobile earnings bounce back from last year's costly withdrawal of the Note 7
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China approves HP's buy of Samsung's printer business
HP expects to close the acquisition in the fourth quarter which ends on December 31
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Samsung ties robotic car dreams to Harman deal
The world's biggest maker of semiconductors by revenue, Samsung is a consumer electronics giant
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Samsung joins self-driving car race, will test technology in California
Samsung Electronics early this year got approval in South Korea to test the technology
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Samsung's size could make it tough to keep its leader in prison
Samsung dominates South Korean business, social life in a difficult way for outsiders to comprehend
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Void at the top after Samsung heir's bribery conviction
Under South Korean law, Lee will have to serve third of his sentence term before he could win parole
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Samsung heir given 5-yr prison term
In 2008, it was for tax evasion and Jay Y Lee was given a suspended three-year prison sentence
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Samsung seeks to restore reputation with flame-free Note 8
The most significant change in the Note 8 is a larger display that curves at the edges like the S8
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Samsung broadens its drugs business
South Korean group, Takeda forge alliance to develop medicines for hard-to-treat diseases
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Samsung offers Rs 20,000 cashback on Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge devices
The Samsung Independence day offer is valid from August 1 onwards across online and offline stores
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Samsung's new LTE modem is capable of achieving 1.2 Gbps downlink speed
The LTE modem achieves the incredible downlink speed by using 6CA (carrier aggregation) technology
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Note 8 may be out by August 23 as Samsung seeks to gain edge over Apple
India's premium smartphone market stands at 4.5 million units in size
Samsung plans to invest $18.6 billion in South Korea
To extend its lead in memory chips and next-generation smartphone displays
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Samsung cuts manpower first time in 7 years due to restructuring in China
Number of employees fell 5.2 per cent to 3,08,745 in 2016 from 3,25,677
Samsung invests $1.9 bn in US ahead of Moon visit
Will spend $1.5 bn on semiconductor factory in Texas, $380 mn in South Carolina for home appliances
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