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The trouble with Abenomics

SEOUL, South Korea — For more than a year, the world has watched the bold economic experiment known as Abenomics, once exalted as the saving grace for two decades of economic torpor in Japan.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 22, 2014

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Battery power

SEOUL — Long before the rise of smartphones, Samsung was known for supplying parts to companies such as Apple and Sony. Today Samsung plays an indispensable role in the global supply chain for phones, refrigerators and TVs thanks to its talent for producing components invisible to most consumers.

By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review

Feb 13, 2014

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Quiet strength

SEOUL — The Samsung Group is most widely known these days for its smartphones, which have been outselling those of any other company. But the South Korean technology giant has also been quietly winning business building the telecommunications networks used for its phones as well as those of its competitors.

By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review

Feb 13, 2014

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Lee rallies the troops

SEOUL — Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics and head of the Samsung Group, is working to instill a sense of crisis in his companies’ ranks, urging staff to shed old ways and help Samsung reinvent itself.

By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review

Feb 13, 2014

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Apple vs. Samsung: Tech’s best frenemies

SEOUL, South Korea — Since 2011, two titans of the electronics industry — Samsung Electronics and Apple — have been locked in legal warfare over their smart phones and tablets, slinging more than 50 lawsuits at each other on four continents.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 24, 2013

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The Galaxy Gear smartwatch: proof that Samsung can innovate?

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, is marching toward the next battlefield in its war against Apple. On Wednesday in Berlin, the Korean mega-corporation unveiled the long-anticipated Galaxy Gear, a wearable smartwatch set for release on Sept. 25.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 9, 2013

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