Samsung Beats Motorola For No. 2 Spot In Handset Shipments (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Output at one third of the lines at a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. chip plant near Seoul was halted from 0530 GMT because of a power outage, an official at the plant told Reuters on Friday. >> full story

Samsung says transformer explodes, no fire at plant (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Friday a transformer has exploded at its chip-manufacturing plant near Seoul, but was unable to say whether there had been any impact on production. >> full story

Samsung Elec says six lines at chip plant halted (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said six lines at its Kiheung chip plant had been halted after a power outage on Friday. >> full story