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Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday ‌it regretted the collapse ‌of pay deal talks with its ​South Korean union, flagging concerns that it could heighten anxiety among employees, shareholders ‌and the ⁠public. The company said it would continue efforts ⁠to prevent a worst-case scenario through what it ​described as "sincere ​dialogue" ​with the union. The ‌union leader said earlier on Wednesday that it failed to reach a pay deal with the company, ‌warning that more ​than 50,000 workers ​could ​go ahead with ‌a full strike for ​18 ​days from May 21 that threatens to disrupt ​production ‌of AI and other chips.

Samsung Electronics' labour union in South Korea said on Tuesday it would walk out ‌of ongoing pay negotiations if no mediation proposal was ‌offered within two hours. The company is sticking to its proposal of assigning 10% of operating profit to a performance bonus pool, union representative Choi Seung-ho told reporters. He ‌said it has been ⁠waiting for a mediation proposal for three hours.

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By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, May 11 (Reuters) - As the artificial intelligence boom accelerates, stock market concentration is reaching historic proportions – and not just in the U.S. where

Asian stocks were mixed Monday after Wall Street set more records, and oil surged more than 4% following U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of Tehran’s response to the latest U.S. proposal on ending the war in Iran. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.4% to 62,486.84 after briefing reaching another record high in intraday trading at above 63,300. Technology-related stocks and growing artificial intelligence-related interest have supported markets in Japan and South Korea despite the Iran war, with the Nikkei 225 and Kospi rising more than 10% and 30%, respectively, over the past month.

Arlo Technologies (NYSE:ARLO) reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue and earnings, with management pointing to rapid growth in paid accounts, higher average revenue per user and expanding services margins as the main drivers of the quarter. CEO Matt McRae described the period as a “spectacular

8am: Futures point higher US stocks are set for a positive open on Friday, with futures pointing higher as Wall Street looks ahead to April's non-farm payrolls report, even as tensions in the Middle East flared overnight. Nasdaq futures are up 0.7%, S&P 500 futures have gained 0.5%,...

Samsung Electronics' union said on Friday it will enter a ‌mediation process with the company on ‌May 11 and 12 over a wage dispute that ​has threatened to escalate into a full-blown strike at the company. Negotiators from the union, management and the government met on Friday, with Labour Ministry officials pledging "full support" for talks between the two sides, the union said. Shares of Samsung Electronics jumped ‌2.6% in after-hours trading ​in Seoul.

Investing.com -- Semiconductor equipment giant ASML is expected to benefit more from strong demand for existing EUV lithography systems than from the industry’s next-generation High-NA technology over the next several years, according to a new research report from BofA Securities.

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Just as the world's AI bulls looked to be running out of puff, a fresh investor frenzy has hit Asia's tech names, making Seoul's stock market the world's hottest and delivering bonuses of half a million dollars to workers at one Korean chipmaker. Asia's three most valuable companies are chipmakers - ‌Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - and their recent record earnings have put the spotlight on their critical role in the global AI supply chain. Chip revenues leapt nearly ‌50 times at Samsung last quarter and South Korea's benchmark KOSPI has doubled in little more than six months.

The South Korean technology giant is shrinking its footprint in one of the world’s largest consumer markets amid fierce competition from domestic brands.

Samsung Electronics is locked in a feud with its workers over how to share the spoils of the AI-driven semiconductor boom, with unions threatening...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) just posted its best March quarter ever at $111.18 billion, while Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) followed with a sixth consecutive revenue beat. Now Bloomberg reports Apple is in early talks to use Intel and Samsung as U.S. chip suppliers. That single thread reframes both earnings reports. iPhone 17 Carries Apple. Foundry Carries Intel. Apple’s quarter ... Forget Tariffs: An Apple-Intel Deal Could Be the Biggest Manufacturing Story of the Trump Era

Samsung Electronics, a maker of TVs and home appliances, said on Wednesday that it has ‌decided to discontinue sales of some consumer electronics products ‌in mainland China amid intensifying competition in the local market. "The company will make ​every effort to minimize any impact on customers resulting from this decision, and is reviewing various support measures for business partners," Samsung said in a statement, following earlier reports in South Korean media about ‌the exit of its ⁠TV and home appliance sales in China. While Samsung's memory chip business is enjoying a profit surge due ⁠to AI boom, its other products such as TVs, home appliances and mobile phones face mounting competition from Chinese rivals in China ​and elsewhere.

By Praveen Paramasivam and Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI/SINGAPORE, May 6 (Reuters) - An actor-turned-politician's stunning rise to power is being greeted with caution in India's top manufacturing state

Samsung reaches $1 trillion market cap on booming demand for high-bandwidth memory for AI.

He cited “great progress” in talks with Iran. The International Monetary Fund published its 180-page World Economic Outlook three weeks ago. The differences between that and its now more likely “adverse” or “severe” scenarios aren’t small, and investors should take note as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.

The benchmark index crossed the 7,000 mark for the first time ever, largely thanks Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest memory-chip makers and a heavyweight in the index. Samsung’s shares climbed more than 14%, ushering the company into the rarefied club of companies with a market valuation of more than $1 trillion. Samsung said during its earnings call last week that its production capacity was already fully sold out for this year.

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The South Korean company is only the second Asian company with a market valuation above $1 trillion, aside from TSMC.

Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) executives said the company made progress across several customer engagements during its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, highlighting momentum in advanced logic, memory, RF, power devices, and gallium nitride (GaN) applications for its Mears Silicon Technology (MST). Gate-Al

The board chairman of Samsung Electronics has ‌urged unionised workers to resolve ‌pay disputes with management, warning that a ​planned strike could hurt investors and employees and have "serious consequences" for the Korean economy. In an internal memo ‌to employees ⁠on Tuesday, Shin Je-yoon said he was "worried about losing market leadership ⁠amid fleeing customers and falling competitiveness" if strikes disrupted deliveries and ​production, according ​to a ​Samsung statement. Such disruption ‌at the chipmaker, South Korea's largest company by revenue, could trigger capital outflows, a drop in national tax revenue, and a weakening of ‌the won currency, ​he said.

Apple has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and Samsung Electronics to produce ‌the main processors for its devices, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the deliberations. Apple executives ​have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas and, separately, also held preliminary talks with Intel about enlisting the company's chipmaking services, Bloomberg reported. While ‌the move would ⁠offer Apple a secondary option beyond its longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the ⁠iPhone-maker is also concerned about using non-TSMC technology, the report said, citing worries about reliability and scale.

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May 4 (Reuters) - Global equity funds drew inflows for a sixth straight week through April 29, as optimism over strong first-quarter earnings outweighed investor concerns about the Middle East

(Bloomberg) -- A rally in shares tied to artificial intelligence helped Asia’s stock benchmark wipe out losses sparked by the Iran war and climb back to an all-time high.Most Read from BloombergBeijing Tells China Firms to Ignore US Sanctions on RefinersSupertanker Appears to Have Crossed the Strait of HormuzWorld’s Largest Container Carrier Plans Route Avoiding HormuzFormer NYC Mayor Giuliani in Critical Condition, Trump SaysPhilippines Says Thousands Evacuated as Mayon Volcano EruptsThe MSCI A

Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 TV maker, has replaced its TV ‌head for the first time in more than ‌two years, as it faces mounting competition from Chinese rivals at home ​and abroad. Samsung said in a statement on Monday that it has appointed Lee Won-jin, who was previously head of the Global Marketing Office, as the new head of its ‌Visual Display Business, ⁠succeeding Yong Seok-woo, who will serve as an adviser. Samsung usually carries out its annual management ⁠reshuffle around December, and the company did not disclose the reason for the replacement.