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Games & Commerce
SOOP executives buy 300 million won of own shares to strengthen accountability
SOOP said key executives bought a total of 300 million won of the company’s shares on the market on June 4 to demonstrate accountable management and enhance shareholder value. Chief executives Choi Young-woo and Lee Min-won each purchased about 100 million won of shares, while CTO Choi Dong-geun and CFO Lee Byeong-ho bought about 50 million won each. The company said it will pursue core strategies and implement a three-year shareholder return policy through 2028.
AI & Enterprise
Hidden costs of AI coding see firms spend up to 82 percent of engineering budgets on fixes
Companies are lifting productivity by adopting AI, but analyses show hidden costs in real-world operations are far higher than expected. Surveys found up to 82 percent of total engineering costs can be consumed by fixing and rewriting AI-generated code and by delays in review and merging. Reports also cited lingering distrust of AI code quality and rising financial burdens from expanding AI infrastructure, including Oracle’s higher debt and negative free cash flow.
AI & Enterprise
AI boom may be built on fake revenue, warning signs flash for big tech \'AI bubble\'
An analysis says big tech companies\' AI investment and cloud revenue structures are reinforcing concerns about an AI bubble, as money invested in AI startups cycles back as cloud spending. Critics cite a “round-trip” funding model that boosts reported growth without new external cash. Examples include Microsoft and OpenAI, and Amazon and Anthropic. The report also points to profit impacts from stake revaluations and weak cash flow amid heavy data centre spending.
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Games & Commerce
Naver to link search and purchases with \'action AI\', profit ramp-up in H2
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AI & Enterprise
ServiceNow CEO says AI lets firm avoid hiring to replace natural attrition
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AI & Enterprise
UBS downgrades ServiceNow to neutral, citing wavering confidence in AI-era advantage
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Crypto
Bitfarms to sell all bitcoin holdings as it shifts to AI business
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Industry
Why SK Hynix is seeking a U.S. listing: \"We need to raise 100 trillion won to have a next step\"
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Games & Commerce
Naver shareholders\' meeting turns into complaints over share price
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Mobility
Tesla mega AI bet on Terafab revives talk of capital raise
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Industry
AI demand reshapes semiconductor cycle
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AI & Enterprise
Oracle builds data centers with past technology and future debt, cure or poison?
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Finance
March dividend stocks in focus on record shareholder returns, separate taxation
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Industry
Samsung SDI bets on ESS focus to aim for quarterly profit turnaround
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Games & Commerce
HYBE posts record annual revenue of 2.65 trillion won on global expansion
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Games & Commerce
SOOP 2025 operating profit rises 7.5 percent to 122.0 billion won
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Games & Commerce
Naver to expand AI and delivery investment, aims to make 2026 a commerce turning point
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Games & Commerce
Naver annual revenue tops 12 trillion won as commerce, fintech drive growth