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What's Google Doing In Seoul, South Korea?
Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 8:33pm | 740It’s no secret that in the last few years, South Korea has begun to position itself at the center of the tech world, slowly developing a community that broadly nurtures startups and innovation. Therefore, it came as no surprise when Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced it...
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Codecademy CEO Zach Sims Wants To Fix The Broken Education System
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 11:40am | 653According to online interactive platform Codecademy, education is broken. Company co-founder and CEO Zach Sims told Benzinga, “We're still operating in a system in which education costs students tens of thousands of dollars per year, but doesn't promise return on investment....
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Samsung Profits Sink For Second Quarter In A Row
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 2:24pm | 561Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), the world’s largest maker of smartphones reported a second straight quarter of declining profits Tuesday. The decline stemmed from slowing demand for high-end devices like the Galaxy S4 smartphone. Profits fell, the company said, from 8.8 trillion won to 8.4 trillion ($8...
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Boeing 777 Crash-Lands at San Francisco International Airport (BA)
Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 3:49pm | 232Related: Boeing Statement on Asiana Airlines Flight 214 The New York Times has reported that a Boeing (NYSE: BA) 777 has crash landed at the San Francisco International Airport. Asiana Airlines flight 214 was reportedly flying in to San Francisco from Seoul and carried 290 passengers. David...
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How to Profit from Google's Global Woes After Raid on Korean Offices
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 8:15am | 540According to a report by Reuters, the Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) offices in Seoul, South Korea were raided on Tuesday by the Korea Fair Trade Commission. The raid by the Korea Fair Trade Commission is said to stem from complaints made in April by Google's Korean internet search rivals NHN Corporation...