Bloomberg Technology
Jan 19, 2017
A court in South Korea turned down prosecutors’ request to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y. Lee on alleged bribery, perjury and embezzlement, letting him stay in place atop the country’s most powerful company while they continue their investigation.
Author and Journalist Geoffrey Cain and Korea Economic Institute of America’s Troy Stangarone weigh in on “Bloomberg Technology.”
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For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
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