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LG Profit Falls, TV Business Weighs

Min-Jeong Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 24 at 6:15 am PT

LG Electronics Inc.’s first-quarter net profit slumped 91 percent from a year earlier, weighed down by the lackluster performance of its television business, but the company predicted a better second quarter with the global rollout of its latest smartphone.

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LG to Expand Retail Stores

Min-Jeong Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 9 at 4:30 am PT

LG Electronics Inc. is expanding the number of its retail stores in emerging markets as it seeks to increase market share in smartphones and gain a stronger global presence in consumer electronics.

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Smartphone Math Doesn’t Add Up

Duncan Mavin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 3 at 12:00 pm PT

For every winner, there has to be a loser. Smartphone sales have defied gravity in recent years, but there’s no defying simple math.

What LG Will Do With webOS

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 25 at 9:47 am PT

First TVs. Then refrigerators and signage.

Big Blue Is Still the Big Dog of Patents

Arik Hesseldahl in General on January 10 at 5:15 am PT

IBM dominates the patent race for the 20th consecutive year.

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EU Fines Seven for TV-, Monitor-Tubes Cartels

Vanessa Mock, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 5, 2012 at 4:15 am PT

Electronics giants Philips Electronics N.V ., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Panasonic Corp. are among seven companies fined €1.47 billion ($1.92 billion) by European regulators Wednesday for operating cartels in television- and computer-monitor tubes over two decades.

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LG Profit Jumps, but Hopes for Turnaround Dim

Jung-Ah Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on July 24, 2012 at 11:02 pm PT

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday posted a 47 percent increase in its second-quarter net profit powered by stronger profitability in its flat-screen television and home appliance operations, though the result was still short of analysts’ expectations as sales at LG’s handset business languished.

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Microsoft, LG Sign Patent Agreement Covering Android, Chrome OS

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 12, 2012 at 6:36 am PT

Microsoft and LG Electronics said on Thursday that they have signed a patent agreement covering LG devices running Android and Chrome OS. It’s the latest in a string of such deals that Microsoft has signed, though it has also sued both Motorola Mobility and Barnes & Noble over Android-based devices.

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Google Says LG, Samsung, Vizio, Sony Planning Google TVs

Shara Tibken and Don Clark, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 5, 2012 at 4:44 pm PT

Google Inc., seeking to reboot its flagging efforts in television, said consumers will soon have a broader choice of TV sets using its software — with lower prices also a likely outcome.

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TV Makers Seek Fatter Profits in Thinner Sets

Evan Ramstad and Jung-Ah Lee, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 1, 2012 at 8:06 am PT

Television manufacturers, stung by steep profit declines this year, will start making TV sets that are even thinner and lighter in hopes of sparking new consumer interest.