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The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the economics of the semiconductor industry, delivering windfall profits for memory-chip makers while giving workers greater leverage to demand a larger share of those gains. Micron Technology (MU) said on Friday that direct labour employees in Taiwan would receive bonuses equivalent to 35 to 68 months of pay for fiscal 2026, with minimum cash compensation of NT$1.7 million (approx.
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Samsung Electronics (SSNLF), the memory-chip and consumer-electronics powerhouse, put an estimated â90 trillion to â110 trillion shareholder-return program
Samsung launched a publicity campaign for its foldable phones, touting its hardware advantage and its early entry into the segment as it seeks to fend off a major challenge from Apple.
Samsung Electronics stock fell on Thursday after Apple finally entered a smartphone category Samsung has spent seven years developing. Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, on Wednesday, putting Apple directly against Samsung's Galaxy Fold line.
Samsung says the global share of iOS users switching to its latest Fold8 series was 1.6 times that of the previous generation. In the U.S., 30% of Galaxy Z Flip8 buyers switched from competing smartphone brands.
Eye-popping shareholder-return plans from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have become an early test of South Korea's corporate reform drive, with investors welcoming the windfall but saying more is needed to narrow the country's decades-old valuation gap.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee will buy 1.9 trillion won worth of shares in the company from his mother, Hong Ra-hee, Lee said in a company filing on Wednesday.
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