ご存知のようにサムソンは韓国の国営企業のようなもの。
しかも、人口も少なく産業も限られているのが韓国である。
大企業のサムソンがコケるということは韓国の幸先についても非常に懸念する部分があるということだ。
こうしたことを背景に、国内の不満を外にそらすという政治が動くかもしれない。
また、日本に戦争時の損害賠償をするなどの動きにならなければよいのだが・・・
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BBCより。
Samsung Electronics quarterly profit declines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25873530
過去2年で利益が下落したのは初めてという。
しかも理由の一つとして20周年を迎えてスペシャルボーナスを支払ったという。
これでは株主も逃げるだろう。
転げ落ちていく予感。 Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and TVs, has reported a drop in quarterly profit for the first time in two years.
Net profit was 7.3tn won ($6.8bn; £4bn) in the October-to-December period, down 11% from the previous three months.
Samsung's earnings were hurt by a drop in margins in its mobile phone division, which saw operating income fall 18% quarter-on-quarter.
A special bonus payment and currency fluctuations also hurt its earnings.
The company paid a special bonus totalling 800bn won to employees during the quarter to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Chairman Lee Kun Hee's management strategy, which is widely credited to have spurred its growth.
Meanwhile, it said that fluctuation in the South Korean currency dented its earnings by 700bn won.
The firm warned that it would be "challenging" for it to improve its earnings in the current quarter as weak seasonal demand "will put pressure on demand for components and TV products".
Growing competition
The success of its smartphone division has been one of the biggest drivers of Samsung's growth in recent years.
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Looking at the quarterly earnings trend, we expect 2014 to follow last year's pattern of a weak first half and a strong second half as usual”
Robert Yi Samsung Electronics
It helped the company displace Nokia as the world's biggest phone maker in 2012.
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