Smartphones drive record Samsung profit Canada Dot Com | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. | The South Korean firm, the world's ...
Hyundai Motor reports record $7.2B profit for 2011 my SA | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hyundai Motor's net profit jumped 35 percent to a record high last year after selling more than 4 million cars for the first time. | The company's 2011 earnings reached 8.1 trillion won ($7.2 billion), up from 6 trillion won a year earlier, the automaker said Thursday i...
18-year-old girl charged in shooting death Milwaukee Journal Sentinel An 18-year-old north side girl shot and killed a 16-year-old Bradley Tech student when he and three other boys attempted to rob her during a feigned marijuana purchase, according to a criminal complaint. | "Why should I care about him, he just tried ...
11 arrested in melee at Madison High School Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A Milwaukee police officer was kicked in the face and an 18-year-old girl Tasered during a series of fights that broke out Friday afternoon at Madison High School, police said. | Police were called to the school at N. 81st and W. Florist at 2:15 p.m....
Board, Thornton butt heads again over making MPS food service more efficient Milwaukee Journal Sentinel After more than a year of discussion about an issue that has often pitted Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton against members of the Milwaukee School Board, the majority of the board Thursday night voted to establish a central co...
Recall petitions inadvertently posted online briefly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker were briefly posted on the state elections board website Friday afternoon, only to be taken down minutes later. | Reid Magney, spokesman for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, said a staffer at the ag...
Man accused of sexually assaulting granddaughter Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Waukesha – A 54-year-old Watertown man was charged Wednesday in Waukesha County Circuit Court for allegedly sexually assaulting his 5-year-old granddaughter numerous times. | According to the criminal complaint, the girl, who lives in th...
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S.Korea PM heads to Oman, UAE as Iran sanctions bite The Guardian SEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korea's prime minister is visiting Oman and the United Arab Emirates from Friday to discuss oil supply, as Seoul seeks a waiver from toughened U.S. ...
Asian stocks drop on US Fed comments Sydney Morning Herald | Asian stocks outside of Japan dropped for a third day after Federal Bank of St Louis President James Bullard said the Fed probably won't begin a new round of bond purchases amid ...
Walker: John Doe investigation is not targeting me Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wauwatosa - Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he did not think the ongoing John Doe probe was targeting him. | Asked if felt the ongoing investigation was going after him, Walker quickly said, "No." | He added: "I think it's very clea...
Former lieutenant governor candidate silent on inquiry Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison -- A former candidate for lieutenant governor is declining to comment on a misconduct investigation in which he has been named but not charged. | Brett Davis, a former Republican Assemblyman who ran unsuccessfully in the primary for lieutenan...
Amtrak's Hiawatha line breaks ridership record Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Annual ridership on Amtrak's Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line cracked the 800,000 mark for the first time last year, the state Department of Transportation reported Friday. | The Hiawatha provided a record 823,163 rides in 2011, up 4% from 792,848 ...
Asia Mixed in Thin Holiday Trading Wall Street Journal By V. PHANI KUMAR | HONG KONG—South Korea's stock market ended with a fractional gain after a choppy first trading session of 2012, in a battle of December data: stronger-than-expected growth in exports versus a contraction in manufacturing activity. | Taiwanese shares slipped 1.7%, however, pressured by weak manufacturing data and concerns a...
