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ELECTRONICS 
July 3, 2019 Samsung Electronics’ Q2 profit likely halved as Huawei woes worsen chip glut
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics is likely to say second-quarter profit more than halved when it reports preliminary earnings on Friday, data showed, as a drop in memory chip shipments to China’s embattled Huaweiexacerbated a price-squeezing supply glut. The quarterly result would be the South Korean firm’s lowest in nearly three years, with the prospect of an earnings recovery still […]
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NEWS 
October 30, 2016 Nintendo Cuts Full-Year Profit View on Wii U Woes
Nintendo Cuts Full-Year Profit View on Wii U Woes Nintendo cut its full-year outlook Wednesday blaming disappointing Wii U game sales and a strong yen, but it remained profitable thanks to the sale of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. The warning came despite the immense global popularity of the Pokemon Go app this summer, which […]
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NEWS 
October 4, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 24, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and even bursting into flame if damaged, defective or exposed to […]
