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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by samfisher83 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:10AM (#12685082)
They are too big to fail. Worst case the government would step in and bail them out. If they failed the all their suppliers would be hurt it would be shockwave through the Korean economy. Same reason why US bailed out AIG, GM, etc.
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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by takeda on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:46PM (#12687909)
It's even bigger than that. Samsung generates 17% of South Korea's GDP.
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