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Samsung Electronics plans Galaxy Note 8 launch event for August: source

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) plans to hold a launch event in New York City for its next Galaxy Note smartphone in the second half of August, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Samsung Electronics plans Galaxy Note 8 launch event for August: source

TechgiantSamsungElectronicsCoLtd(005930.KS)planstoholdalauncheventinNewYorkCityforitsnextGalaxyNotesmartphoneinthesecondhalfofAugust,apersonfamiliarwiththematte

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China Eastern Airlines signs up int’l law firm to help with foreign push

ChinaEasternAirlineshassignedadealwithlawfirmBakerMcKenzieforhelpexpandingitsoperationsoverseas.ChinaEasternhasbeenaclientoftheChicago-basedlawfirmsincethe1990s

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Samsung Electronics creates new contract chip manufacturing division

TechgiantSamsungElectronicsCoLtdsaidonFridayithasformedanewdivisionwithinitssemiconductorbusinessforcontractchipmanufacturingasthefirmseekstoattractmorecustomer

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Tesla in talks to install thousands of charging stations in Australia

Australian facilities management firm Spotless Group announced Tuesday it is in talks with U.S.-based Tesla to install thousands of electric car-charging stations across Australia.

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Chinese court orders US footwear firm New Balance to pay fine over trademark breach

A Chinese appeal court has ruled against US sportswear firm New Balance for trademark infringements and ordered it to pay five million yuan (HK$5.9 million) in compensation to a Chinese company, an amount far lower than previously ruled.

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Toshiba to slash 8,000 jobs in restructuring plans, record losses expected for FY 2015

Scandal-plagued Toshiba Corp. on Monday unveiled wholesale restructuring plans in an aggressive move to return the ailing electronics firm to profitability which will include some 7,800 jobs being slashed from its workforce.

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Japanese firm embroiled in HIV scandal mishandles deadly "biological warfare" toxin

​Japan's health ministry is conducting an investigation into pharmaceutical firm Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute over its suspected mishandling of a potentially lethal toxin which can be weaponized to be used in biological warfare.

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Bolivia's state oil firm ranks LatAm's second in profits

Bolivia's state oil firm, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), said Wednesday it is Latin America's second most profitable firm, with a 23 percent gross profit margin.