Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profit of $5.15 billion, driven by booming sales of its smartphones and the Galaxy Note ‘phablet’, which it hopes will show it has a flair for innovation to match rival Apple Inc.
Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profit of $5.15 billion, driven by booming sales of its smartphones and the Galaxy Note ‘phablet’, which it hopes will show it has a flair for innovation to match rival Apple Inc.
France’s highest court may annul a verdict against oil giant Total over a disastrous 1999 oil spill off Brittany, a legal source with access to the documents in the case told Reuters on Friday.
Gold was broadly steady in thin trade on Friday but was headed for a weekly decline of more than 2 percent as investors were disappointed by the diminishing prospects of monetary stimulus in the United States.
Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world’s top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s.
The euro is poised to post its worst week in nearly four months on Friday, languishing a little above a three-week low against the dollar as worries about rising Spanish debt yields show no signs of abating ahead of key U.S. jobs data.
India is not making life easy for itself as it looks to sell-off stakes in state companies to help plug a yawning budget gap, with New Delhi’s own policies battering sentiment towards government enterprises even as it readies more for market.
BANGKOK - The United States is ready to relax some sanctions on Myanmar and France will urge the European Union to ease bans, opening the door for foreign investment in the isolated state after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s election victory.
SHANGHAI — Saudi Basic Industries Corp. has begun work on a $100 million technology center in Shanghai, focusing on alternative energy and new materials for the construction and auto sectors.
BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were muted Friday in holiday-thinned trade ahead of a monthly U.S. hiring report.
LONDON/SINGAPORE - An eighth straight month of contraction in the euro zone’s manufacturing sector eclipsed brighter news from Asia on Monday, dimming chances of a strong rebound in the global economy.