International Business News - Samsung http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A South Korean appeals court upheld Friday a lower court decision that spared the former chairman of Samsung from going to jail for tax evasion. The Seoul High Court reaffirmed the suspended prison sentence and guilty verdict handed down to Lee Kun-hee, who led South Korea's biggest industrial conglomerate for 20 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148771-south-korea-samsung-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/court-upholds-guilty-verdict-for-ex-samsung-chief.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/court-upholds-guilty-verdict-for-ex-samsung-chief.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:30:18 EDT Chip interface developer Rambus Inc. said Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Samsung Electronics Co.'s request for review in a patent case. In April, an appeals court ruled in Rambus' favor in the patent lawsuit with Samsung, denying Samsung's motion for attorney fees and instructing a district court that it dismisses the South Korean company's complaint. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/rambus-says-supreme-court-denies-samsung-request.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:42:51 EDT RF Micro Devices Inc. said it will supply semiconductor components for more than 10 new Samsung 3G handsets. RF Micro Devices, based in Greensboro, N.C., said it expects volume shipments to Samsung to begin in December of this year and accelerate next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/rf-micro-devices-to-supply-components-to-samsung.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:23:30 EDT A $5.85 billion bid by Samsung Electronics Co. to take over SanDisk Corp., a wounded competitor that also serves as a partner, reflects the turbulence in the market for flash memory, a key ingredient in digital cameras, music players and other devices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/samsung-bid-for-sandisk-shows-memory-market-woes.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:35:06 EDT SanDisk Corp. said Tuesday it had rejected a $5.85 billion takeover offer from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd after its board determined the deal was "inadequate in multiple respects." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/sandisk-says-rejects-buyout-offer-from-samsung.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:31:09 EDT Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/report-samsung-working-to-acquire-sandisk.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:59 EDT South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit grew 51 percent compared with the same quarter last year led by its liquid crystal display and mobile phone businesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97502-south-korea-earns-samsung-electronics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/samsungs-second-quarter-net-profit-surges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/samsungs-second-quarter-net-profit-surges.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:29:59 EDT Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit surged 51 percent from the same period last year, amid strong performance in flat panels, televisions and mobile phones. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/samsungs-2q-net-profit-surges.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:14:28 EDT The former chairman of South Korea's Samsung Group appealed his conviction for tax evasion, days after prosecutors filed a similar appeal, a Samsung official said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ex-samsung-chief-appeals-skorean-verdict.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:15:12 EDT South Korean prosecutors said Friday they have appealed a court's decision to acquit ex-Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee on breach of trust charges and spare him from prison for a tax evasion conviction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/prosecutors-appeal-samsung-verdict.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:25:57 EDT Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee saw the suspension Wednesday of his prison sentence in a tax-evasion conviction, a move that confirmed South Koreans' view that tycoons are immune from jail. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92248-samsung.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/skorea-court-convicts-samsung-boss.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/skorea-court-convicts-samsung-boss.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:19:45 EDT A court prepared Wednesday to deliver its verdict in the corruption case against former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who led South Korea's most powerful conglomerate until he resigned following allegations of financial wrongdoing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/south-korean-court-to-rule-on-ex-samsung-boss.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:53:05 EDT Prosecutors asked a South Korean court to sentence former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee to seven years in prison for tax evasion and other charges, saying the country's powerful business conglomerates should not be immune from the law. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88985-aptopix-south-korea-samsung-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/south-korean-prosecutors-seek-7-years-for-lee.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/south-korean-prosecutors-seek-7-years-for-lee.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:04:13 EDT Special prosecutors planned Thursday to announce their sentencing demand for former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee at his trial on tax evasion and other charges that cast a cloud over the country's largest conglomerate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/ex-samsung-chief-to-face-penalty-request.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:03:32 EDT Buoyed by its venerable iPhone, Apple Inc. is leading the touchscreen phone market in the US and is expected to take over a third of the market by the year's end. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88756-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/apple-dominate-touch-screen-phone-market.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/apple-dominate-touch-screen-phone-market.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:32:59 EDT A top Samsung executive said Wednesday that South Korea's largest conglomerate was facing a leadership crisis and that its image was tainted following the resignation of its Chairman Lee Kun-hee over corruption charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/executive-samsung-in-leadership-crisis.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:47:50 EDT Samsung Group has announced measures to bring more transparency to its management structure following a scandal that led to the resignation of its chairman, but critics the reforms did not go far enough. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/samsung-unveils-management-shakeup.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:16:13 EDT Auto parts maker Robert Bosch GmbH said Monday that it is forming a joint venture with Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. to make lithium-ion batteries for use in hybrid cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/bosch-samsung-form-battery-joint-venture.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:22:50 EDT This is a review of the 3G iPhone. No, not the one Apple announced on Monday. The other one. You know--the one from Sprint and Samsung? Amid the buzz surrounding Apple Inc.'s new iPhone model, coming out July 11, it's been easy to miss the news that Sprint Nextel Corp. is bringing out a phone on June 20 that is the closest thing so far to an iPhone made by someone else. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/69967-tech-test-samsung-instinct.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/review-sprints-phone-is-iphone-clone-done-right.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/review-sprints-phone-is-iphone-clone-done-right.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:39:18 EDT Former Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee offered a public apology Thursday as his tax evasion trial opened. The trial comes two months after Lee's stunning resignation from the helm of South Korea's biggest industrial conglomerate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/69631-south-korea-samsung-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/tax-evasion-trial-for-former-samsung-boss-begins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/tax-evasion-trial-for-former-samsung-boss-begins.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:24:44 EDT