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Samsung Chief Charged With Bribery And Embezzlement

2:25pm February 28, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

South Korean authorities charged the acting head of Samsung and four other executives at the company in connection with a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the country's president.

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Samsung Chief Charged With Bribery And Embezzlement

2:25pm February 28, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

South Korean authorities charged the acting head of Samsung and four other executives at the company in connection with a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the country's president.

Lee Jae-yong (center), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives Monday for questioning as a suspect in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye.

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Samsung's Acting Chief Arrested In South Korea's Deepening Corruption Probe

10:37am February 17, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Jay Y. Lee, vice president of Samsung, has been taken in on charges of bribery and embezzlement. He's been a central figure in a corruption scandal that brought President Park Geun-hye's impeachment.

This replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone melted on Oct 7, says a phone consumer in Minnesota.

Samsung Pins Blame On Batteries For Galaxy Note 7 Meltdowns

10:23pm January 22, 2017

by Elise Hu

The world's biggest smartphone maker announced the findings of its investigation into its fire-prone phones that led to a record-sized recall last fall.

Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on January 18. A judge said there wasn't enough evidence for his arrest on bribery charges.

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Samsung Head Avoids Arrest On Bribery Charge, But He's Not In The Clear

3:57am January 19, 2017

by Elise Hu

Judges in Seoul said early Thursday there was insufficient cause to arrest the head of South Korea's most powerful conglomerate. But he's not exonerated.

J.Y. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives at the office of the independent counsel last Thursday in Seoul, South Korea. Prosecutors are now seeking an arrest warrant for Lee.

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Arrest Warrant Sought For Samsung Heir In S. Korean Presidential Bribery Scandal

5:08am January 16, 2017

by Elise Hu

Jay Y. Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Electronics, is accused of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to a confidant of President Park Geun-hye in a growing influence-peddling scandal.

A banner for State Farm insurance in in D`Iberville, Miss., tells property owners the number to call after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

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Supreme Court Upholds Hurricane Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm

4:06pm December 06, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

After the storm hit in 2005, the insurance company ordered claims adjusters to misclassify wind damage as flood damage to shift liability to the U.S. government and spare State Farm's coffers.

A Samsung and an Apple smartphone are displayed on Aug. 6, 2014, in London.

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Supreme Court Sides With Samsung, Against Apple In Patent Infringement Fight

12:18pm December 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The unanimous decision means that if Samsung swiped the design for one part of a phone from Apple, it may not need to hand over profits from the entire device. The case goes back to a lower court.

Product safety field staff send damaged products, such as this burnt battery pack from a defective electric scooter, to the government testing lab in Rockville, Md.

As Batteries Keep Catching Fire, U.S. Safety Agency Prepares For Change

1:57pm November 27, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The Consumer Product Safety Commission grabbed the spotlight in recalls of hoverboard scooters and Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phones. It's a tiny agency with a vast oversight of thousands of products.

Samsung is recalling nearly 3 million top-load washers — but not front-load machines — following reports of excessive vibration that could cause the lids to blow off.

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Samsung Recalls 2.8 Million Top-Load Washing Machines

4:04pm November 04, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Samsung has received more than 700 reports of washing machines that vibrated abnormally. In some cases, the lids of the machines blew off. Front-load washers are not affected by the recall.