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Samsung SDS inks health care deal in US
Samsung SDS announced Thursday that it has struck a 10-year contract with CHRISTUS Health, a major hospital network in the United States. Upon the agreement, the Samsung Group affiliate will sell its electronic medical record (EMR) solutions to CHRISTUS Health. CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system…
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Apple wins ruling for Tab sale ban
A U.S. judge ordered Samsung to stop selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in America Wednesday (KST), issuing a preliminary injunction in a ruling on Apple’s patent lawsuit. The ruling came a week after the Korean firm won a ruling for the first time against Apple in the Netherlands. Judge…
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Kakao Talk launches new cyber money
Kakao Talk, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service provider, said Wednesday it plans to launch its own cyber currency called Choco on Thursday. Subscribers will be able to buy and charge Choco which can be used to buy emoticons at the firm’s app store. Ten Choco will cost 1,000 won, the…
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Fastest 10 million seller?
Samsung chief touts Galaxy S3 The head of Samsung Electronics’ handset division said Monday that the Galaxy S3 will become the fastest 10 million seller in the company’s history, expecting that it will see better results in the second quarter despite a worsening business environment. However, he denied allegations that…
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Dutch court rules for Samsung in patent dispute with Apple
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will seek compensation from Apple after the Hague District Court in the Netherlands ruled in its favor regarding a 3G technology patent infringement. “The court orders that the defendant pay Samsung for the damages it suffered since August 4, 2010 as the result of an…
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Samsung SDI strikes energy deal in Germany
Samsung SDI, said Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German-based KACO for the cooperation of mutually-interested businesses and to supply SDI’s fine-tuned energy storage system (ESS) solutions. The agreement came during SDI’s CEO Park Sang Jin’s participation of an industry forum in Munich, Germany. Under the…
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M&A frenzy
SK hynix takes over US LAMD to bolster NAND flash business SK hynix has been in the limelight in the global M&A market after taking over two foreign companies in the past month, a move seen as SK Group’s attempt to foster the chipmaker as its growth engine. The bold…
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Chinese space and sea explorers unleash national pride
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — Two groups of Chinese explorers have drawn a huge amount of public attention and unleashed national pride in the country’s online community with scientific feats stretching from the faraway heavens to the depths of the sea. One group set a new national record of 6,965…
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China’s manned submersible reaches 6,965 meters under sea
ABOARD XIANGYANGHONG 09, June 19 (Xinhua) — China’s manned deep-sea submersible, the Jiaolong, reached a depth of 6,965 meters below sea level on Tuesday during its second dive into the Mariana Trench, surpassing a fresh national record set earlier in the day. The vessel sat on the sea bed and…
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China Focus: UN official, experts call for int’l cooperation in space program
JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) — China’s space station will be an ideal international cooperation platform and the world is expecting China to escalate its space program, said a senior official of the United Nations after watching the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in the Gobi desert on Saturday. Dr. Mazlan…
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