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Friday, 16 May 2008
 
    SEOUL: Seoul shares closed down 0.3 per cent on Wednesday, ending a three-day winning streak that lifted the index to a series of four-month highs, as record oil prices fanned worries about inflation and corporate profits. Samsung Electronics fell from its record high close on Tuesday to finish down 0.54 percent at 741,000 won, but still making its...
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A South Korean woman walks past in front of Samsung's logo at downtown of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip maker as well as a leading semiconductor and global consumer electronics manufacturer, said Friday that third-quarter profit declined 30 percent amid lower chip prices and because it set aside funds to pay an anti-trust fine in the United States. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)hg3
photo: AP Photo / Lee Jin-man

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