Samsung, Sharp agree on cross-licencing deal m&c | Seoul - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Monday it concluded a cross-licencing deal with its Japanese competitor Sharp Corp, ending patent disputes in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. | Samsung, the world's largest maker of LCDs and televisions said both parties agreed Friday to s...
Hyundai boss must pay $60 million for losses to firm Inquirer | SEOUL - A South Korean court Monday ordered Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo to pay almost 60 million dollars in damages to his company for loss-making deals. | The Seoul central district court, ruling on a damages suit brought by shareholders, said Chung must pay KRW70 billion ($59.7 million...
Seoul, Berlin find common ground on financial regulation, trade m&c | Seoul - German President Horst Koehler said Monday that he and his South Korean counterpart are in 'full agreement' that the international financial economy needs 'clear liability regulations.' | He spoke after meeting President Lee Myung Bak, wher...
Samsung, Sharp agree on cross-licencing deal m&c | Seoul - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Monday it concluded a cross-licencing deal with its Japanese competitor Sharp Corp, ending patent disputes in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. | Samsung, the world's largest maker of LCDs an...
NKorea threatens South amid push to restart talks Newsvine | North Korea warned South Korea on Monday that any attempt to bring down the communist country would draw "strong measures" from its military, a threat issued even as Pyongyang embarked on a flurry of diplomacy with Seoul, Washington and Beijing. | ...
Hyundai boss must pay $60 million for losses to firm Inquirer | SEOUL - A South Korean court Monday ordered Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo to pay almost 60 million dollars in damages to his company for loss-making deals. | The Seoul central district court, ruling on a damages suit brought by shareholders...
In Bid for Buzz Overseas, Tahari Joins Fashion Week in New York Wall Street Journal By RAY A. SMITH and VANESSA O'CONNELL | View Full Image Michael Falco for The Wall Street Journal | Elie Tahari at a fitting in his design studio on New York's Fifth Avenue. | Designer Elie Tahari stands to inspect the fit of a slinky, red-fox vest, ...
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Turmoil Reported in N. Korea After Currency Changes The New York Times | SEOUL, South Korea - Recent changes to the North Korean currency have set off runaway inflation, officials and news reports in Seoul said Wednesday, as a South Korean newspaper r...
SKorean currency reserves hit fresh record high Syracuse | (AP) - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's foreign currency reserves swelled to a new record high in January, adding to the country's buffer against economic and financial turmoil...
World stocks tumble amid global recovery doubts Newsday | February 5, 2010 JOE McDONALD (AP Business Writer) | (AP) — World stocks tumbled Friday as ballooning European debt and a rise in U.S. unemployment claims added to fears the global economy could slip back into recession. | Markets from Toky...
World stocks tumble amid global recovery doubts The Miami Herald | BEIJING -- World stocks tumbled Friday as ballooning European debt and a rise in U.S. unemployment claims added to fears the global economy could slip back into recession. | Markets from Tokyo to Hong Kong to Seoul dropped about 3 percent or more a...
Asian Shares Slide; Risk Aversion Spikes on Wall Street's Fall Wall Street Journal By V. PHANI KUMAR, COLIN NG And LESLIE SHAFFER | Asian equity markets tumbled Friday as heavy losses on Wall Street and heightened concerns over European sovereign debt prompted a sell-off across sectors. | Several regional indexes finished the week ...
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Star Tribune | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | ATHENS, Greece — Greece will follow an austerity program to cut debt "to the letter," Prime Minister George Papandreou promised as the European Union readied plans to tightly monitor Athens' performance and possibly demand more cu...
