Samsung’s Strong Preliminary Q2 Results Point To A Resurgent Smartphone Unit

Samsung Electronics published its preliminary Q2 2016 numbers, indicating that its operating profit grew by about 17% year-over-year to 8.1 trillion won ($7 billion) – the highest level in about two years – while revenues likely rose by about 3% to about 50 trillion won ($43.31 billion). Below we take a look at the factors that likely drove the results.

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Danger Lurks At Intersection Of Human And Self-Driving Car

For more than a year, my friend Adam Cogan, a Tesla owner from Sydney, Australia, has been a regular user of the beta software that allows hands-free operation of his Model S. In April, he accompanied me on an assignment to the town of Tumbarumba, in a remote area of New South Wales where charging stations were unlikely to be found and so he opted to take a Toyota SUV and leave his Tesla at home. Just hours into the drive he found it tough going.

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