Shareholders are voicing dissatisfaction with the status quo after the Note 7 battery crisis
Samsung said last month that it is considering buying back more shares
The company is suspected of donating tens of millions of US dollars to two non-profit foundations
The company is making its largest-ever overseas acquisition
Automakers already include or are developing technologies to enhance safety and provide better smartphone connectivity and entertainment systems
With this deal, Samsung would look to take on Apple and Google as they already have a strong presence in the auto segment
Samsung made the largest donation of more than $15 million and is accused of separately offering 2.8 million euro ($3.1 million) to Choi to bankroll her daughter's training
Jay y Lee had previously orchestrated operations from behind the scenes after his father Lee Kun-hee was hospitalised in 2014 following a heart attack
The prosecutor's raid comes as Lee deals with fallout from the exploding Note 7debacle, which is estimated to cost the company more than $6 billion
The world's top smartphone maker in October announced the acquisition of Viv Labs, a firm run by a co-creator of Apple's Siri voice assistant programme
Samsung will be releasing a software update in the coming days to limit the phone's ability to charge beyond 60 per cent
The safety commission said the affected Samsung laundry machines were prone to detaching from the washing machine chassis during use
The move gives the low-profile executive a big say over top management and strategic calls
Scrapping Note 7 saw earnings drop off a cliff, with mobile division's operating profit for Q3 down almost 98%
The world's top smartphone maker saw its mobile earnings plunge 96 percent from a year earlier to its lowest since the fourth quarter of 2008, barely avoiding its first-ever loss and dragging the firm
Operating profit dropped 29.7% from a year earlier to 5.2 trillion won in July-Sept quarter
After the Note 7 fiasco, a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge owner in the US has claimed that the device which he received as a replacement for the Note 7 exploded while charging
Mirriad to market its products to viewers who are gravitating towards streaming video content
Samsung's biggest mistake was one common to many phone makers: In the race to make the slimmest devices possible, it created a product that can no longer be easily repaired or refurbished