The Nihon Keizai Shimbun recently analyzed 57,000 companies’ corporate tax burdens for 2018 to 2020 by dividing their corporate taxes by their pre-tax profits and announced on May 9 that Samsung Electronics’ burden is 27.8 percent whereas the average of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon is 15.4 per
The author is an analyst of Shinhan Investment Corp. He can be reached at mj1224@shinhan.com. -- Ed. Shares sharply corrected on removal of new game expectationsCom2uS shares plunged following the release of Summoners War: Lost Centuria on April 29. With the removal of new game expectations, increas
The author is a freelance journalist and Google News PR specialist. She can be reached at virginia.sagal.media@gmail.com. -- Ed. Finding the right name for your business can be a tricky task, and why wouldn't that be? The name of your business should be one thing that comes at the top of your ch
Samsung Electronics has been selected as one of the 10 most trusted brands in the world's top 10 economic powers including the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.Samsung Electronics, the only Korean company on the list, showed its status as a global leader in name and reality by standi
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jaemin.ahn@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Benefiting from the massive influence of the KakaoTalk platform, Kakao’s subsidiaries are reporting sound business results.Tangible results appearing across the board (eg, ads, commerce, content,
The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) said in its report on April 13 that the Office of the United States Trade Representative complained about the Telecommunications Business Act amendments of South Korea to block the mandatory in-app payment policies of app market operators
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at drlee@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Maintain BUY and target price of KRW1,150,000 We maintain BUY on NCsoft and our TP of KRW1,150,000. Although we cut our 2021E revenue forecast by 6.8% and OP by 12.9% to reflect the delayed release of Trickster M
St. Louis-based Moosylvania recently released this year’s Top 100 Brands for Millennials, in which Samsung Electronics took the fifth place. The ad agency conducted the survey with a total of 1,000 U.S. residents in the age group of 19 to 39 and they were asked to pick their three favorite brands.Ap
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyuha.lee@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Xiaomi has released its first foldable smartphone, the Mi Mix Fold. The new handset looks similar to SEC’s Galaxy Z Fold series, but is slightly larger. We expect the foldable smartphone market to
Samsung SDI has announced its support for a global moratorium on deep seabed mining (DSM) along with three other global companies.Samsung SDI joined forces with BMW, Volvo Group, and Google to back the call for the moratorium, which is intended to protect the environment and prevent the collapse of
Samsung Electronics has been put on alert as Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, has announced a plan to invest US$20 billion to build two foundry lines.Samsung Electronics announced in April 2019 that it will invest 133 trillion won by 2030 to become the No. 1 player in the system
The author is an analyst of Shinhan Investment Corp. He can be reached at sejonghong@shinhan.com. -- Ed. 1Q21 consolidated sales forecast at KRW7.1bn (+10.2% YoY)Wider Planet is expected to post operating loss of KRW100mn (reduced loss YoY) on sales of KRW7.1bn (+10.2% YoY) for 1Q21, unchanged from
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at jeff.kim@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Maintain TP of KRW105,000; Austin plant operations to normalize in 2Q21 We reiterate BUY and TP of KRW105,000 for Samsung Electronics. We maintain a positive outlook as: (1) uncertainties should recede from 2Q2
The ecosystem of the automobile industry, one of the main industries in the past 100 years, is fundamentally changing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In the past, it was a pyramid structure with finished carmakers at the top. But it is changing into an arena of competition where tech
The author is a freelance journalist and Google News PR specialist. She can be reached at virginia.sagal.media@gmail.com. -- Ed. A fundamental requirement for every new startup is to consider the best business banking available to you as an entrepreneur. Every startup needs a business bank account t
The author is a freelance journalist and Google News PR specialist. She can be reached at virginia.sagal.media@gmail.com. -- Ed.Running a business in the new age of social media and marketing means that your company image is key to winning over new clients, and getting people interested, which is wh
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyuha.lee@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Global foldable smartphone shipments are set to expand in earnest from 1H21. In particular, we expect SEC to focus on foldable smartphones while discontinuing the Galaxy Note series. Considering t
LG Electronics has been sued by a mobile software company in the United States for patent infringement related to mobile devices and network optimization technology.Seven Networks, a mobile software solution company based in Marshall, Texas, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against LG Electronics
Samsung Electronics has started to develop the core semiconductors for Google's next-generation self-driving car.The company has recently won an order to supply semiconductors for next-generation self-driving cars from Waymo, a Google subsidiary committed to developing self-driving cars.The proj
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at jeff.kim@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Target price held at KRW105,000; Chip prices should begin climbing We reiterate BUY and our 12m TP of KRW105,000 on SEC. We expect brisk set sales (consumer electronics such as smartphones and TVs) to push up 1