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...Last week South Korean battery producer LG Energy Solution echoed Tesla chief Elon Musk and warned EV sales were expected to weaken as a result of higher interest rates....
...Samsung Electronics last month appointed a president-level executive for the first time to lead its device solutions business in the US....
...B & O use LG for their tech and I wouldn’t buy an LG telly unless I was 30 years younger and furnishing my first flat....
...Even though Samsung and LG launched their first 5G handsets in mid-2019, operators say that none has yet offered the allure of a new iPhone....
...S&P Global’s $44bn deal for IHS Markit illustrates how a handful of predominantly-US companies are beginning to tighten their grip....
...To that end, Vietnam notched a handful of high-profile investments in 2020, from Pegatron, a supplier for Apple and Samsung, to LG Electronics, which relies on Vietnam for its vehicle and smartphone businesses...
...The S-Pod, inspired by the “gyrosphere” in the 2015 film Jurassic World, can travel at up to 24mph....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 13, 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...LG Electronics shares rose as much as 5.9 per cent to a six-year high as expectations for the company’s fourth-quarter earnings improved....
...LG Electronics posted a net profit of 1.7tn won in 2017 — a 22-fold increase from a difficult 2016....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include China Construction Bank, China Life Insurance, LG Electronics, Kweichow Moutai, NTT Docomo, ANZ Banking, China Vanke, Hitachi and OCBC....
...Also weak were LG Display and LG Electronics. Netmarble, the recently listed mobile game maker, was also a poor performer, down 4 per cent....
...Seeking to press their advantage, with rival Samsung Electronics humbled by the Note 7 recall fiasco, LG and Huawei revealed their latest flagship devices on Sunday a day before the Mobile World Congress...
...LG’s rival Samsung Electronics has avoided making OLED models, saying the technology is not yet ready for mass consumption....
...We are sitting on a large, U-shaped sofa in his house in the pristine Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, having just watched an episode of The Defiant Ones....
...LG Electronics is more exposed, with 25 per cent sales and a 41 per cent correlation....
...A slump in display panel prices has contributed to a 99 per cent year-on-year fall in first quarter net profit at LG Display, the South Korean maker of screens for Apple’s iPhones....
...Just the G5’s trick of sliding its innards out could become iconic in a small way. It combines the alarming nature of grandpa popping out his dentures with a sultry, gun-like menace....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq and the wider S&P 500 both declined in the same period....
...The PS4’s performance has been boosted by growth in new markets such as the Middle East and China, after a 14-year ban on sales there was lifted in March....
...’s largest consumer electronics event....
...This contributed to weak first-half results for manufacturers including Hyundai Motor and LG Electronics....
...While his disclosure triggered a bounce in Apple’s shares, they are still down 13 per cent since the start of June — twice as much as the S&P 500 index....
...The companies have begun to respond: Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor have promised to raise their dividends for 2014 by 40 and 50 per cent respectively, while LG Electronics will double its payout....
...For example, when the three major telecoms providers – Korea Telecom, SK Telecom and LG U Plus – began offering customers a flat-rate unlimited 3G tariff four years ago, average revenue per user fell sharply...
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