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50063
Thu, 03/12/2009 - 06:59
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Samsung plans to hire 5,500 employees this year
SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business conglomerate, said Wednesday it plans to hire 5,500 university graduates this year.
However, Samsung hasn't set a group-wide investment plan for 2009, citing
uncertain business environments amid the deepening global economic crisis.
"It's difficult to announce an investment plan (given the economic situation),"
said a Samsung official.
In January, Samsung Electronics Co., the group's crown jewel, reported its
first-ever quarterly loss in the final quarter of 2008 as the global slump wilted
demand for chips, mobile phones and flat-panel televisions.
The world's largest maker of computer memory chips posted a net loss of 20
billion won (US$13.5 million) for the quarter on sales of 2.21 trillion won.
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However, Samsung hasn't set a group-wide investment plan for 2009, citing
uncertain business environments amid the deepening global economic crisis.
"It's difficult to announce an investment plan (given the economic situation),"
said a Samsung official.
In January, Samsung Electronics Co., the group's crown jewel, reported its
first-ever quarterly loss in the final quarter of 2008 as the global slump wilted
demand for chips, mobile phones and flat-panel televisions.
The world's largest maker of computer memory chips posted a net loss of 20
billion won (US$13.5 million) for the quarter on sales of 2.21 trillion won.
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