Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea’s top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal. Lee, the grandson of Samsung’s founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the …
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The chief executive of Guinness-owner Diageo has stepped down with immediate effect, the drinks giant has announced. In an unusual move for a big corporation, Debra Crew has left her role without a succession plan in place. The firm is looking for a replacement, and in the meantime chief financial officer Nik Jhangiani will take on her role. Diageo has …
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Google’s Android president has confirmed the platform is set to replace ChromeOS – but not when. The ostensible reason is, we suspect, to offer better integration with Android handsets and smartwatches and so on, to rival Apple levels of interop. Sameer Samat is Mountain View’s “President, Android Ecosystem,” so presumably he knows. TechRadar’s interview is otherwise a little scant on …
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