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Olympics tech partner Atos posts huge loss
Olympics tech partner Atos posts huge loss
by  AFP

Debt-strapped French tech giant Atos, a key Olympics partner, on Thursday posted a 1.9-billion-euro ($2.1 billion) loss for the first half of the year due to a depreciation of assets and the end of contracts in the Americas. The first-half loss is largely due to a depreciation of assets totalling 1.5 billion euros.

South Korea union pickets outside Samsung chairman's house
South Korea union pickets outside Samsung chairman's house
by  AFP

Leaders of a South Korean union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics staged a protest Thursday outside the house of the company's chairman and heir, after fresh negotiations failed. Union executives gathered on Thursday outside Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong's house, holding pickets that read "Samsung Electronics' strike, Lee Jae-yong should be accountable".

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