South Korean technology giant Samsung has applied for licensing opportunities to invest US $ 3 billion in the construction of a second plant for the production of smartphones in the north of Vietnam. Whether to wait in a short time another round of price cuts on smartphones?

Reuters reported with reference to the responsible officer of the Department of Planning and Investment province of Thai Nguyen, where he planned to build production. Work on the project is being alleged, but there are a few questions that have yet to be agreed.

Samsung and everything connected with it, is traditionally a huge interest among users of Android, as the South Korean technology company smartphones are the most popular based on the popular mobile operating systems in the world, which is already stacked myths.

What these figures…

However, official information has been received, but a spokeswoman for public relations company Samsung, Reuters reported that the South Korean technology giant is discussing investment three billion US dollars in the “business of mobile devices.” In this issue of the schedule and the final volume of investment is under consideration.

Samsung expands production in Vietnam in order to reduce costs and better compete with cheap Chinese smartphones. A subsidiary of electronics giant, Samsung Display Co Ltd, has reportedly received in July 2014, a building permit in Vietnam plant to assemble the display module worth $ 1 billion.

Reuters, citing a newspaper of the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam Dau Tu says that with the new project’s total investment in Samsung Electronics Vietnam could reach 11 billion US dollars.

Last year, mobile phones and accessories have become a major source of revenue for Vietnam, leaving behind textiles. For the period from January to October 2014 export revenues amounted to 19.2 billion US dollars.

The first factory for the production of Samsung smartphones in Vietnam, investment in which amounted to US $ 2 billion in the first four months of their work brought 1.9 billion in export revenues, Reuters reported, citing data from the Government of the province of Thai Nguyen.

It is projected that in 2015 gross revenues of 13.4 billion US dollars, which is 67% more than expected in 2014 ($ 8 billion).

…Mean for smartphone Samsung users?

This, apparently, is that for the successful functioning of the market for mobile devices was not enough just to offer consumers a powerful flagships. To date, Chinese companies successfully cope with the task of providing the market with inexpensive and powerful enough device. Names such as Lenovo and Xiaomi, already very well known to the masses.

Therefore, Samsung is on the way to reduce production costs, opening factories in Vietnam. As a result, the market may appear quite inexpensive and adequate performance of the famous brand smartphones, enabling the company to re-strengthen their somewhat weakened position in the market of smart phones.

If Samsung phones will drop to return to them if those people who today prefer other brands?

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After several months of unsuccessful attempts to convince Tim Cook and the board Apple to increase the program to repurchase shares, the billionaire investor and part-time corporate raider Carl Icahn still does not lose hope of achieving their goal. In a recent interview with U.S. television channel CNBC, he said about buying another Apple shares in the amount of $ 500 million, thereby increasing its total investment in the company to three billion dollars.

However, Icahn expressed his disappointment the current position of the Group Management, which is still not eager to spend additional tens of billions of dollars to buy securities of Apple. In his opinion, the actions the board of directors does a disservice to shareholders, so as soon as the investor is going to send another open letter in order to obtain a positive response to its request.

According to the financial report for the third quarter Apple last year, the accounts of the company has accumulated nearly $ 150 billion of available funds. In August 2013 Icahn expressed initiative to spend all that money on a program to repurchase shares based on the rapid growth of the securities – up to $ 700. For this purpose, a billionaire several times met with Tim Cook, but to no avail.

In December, Charles announced his intention to bring this issue to a public vote of Apple investors at the next meeting of shareholders, which will be held next month. Later, the board of directors openly asked holders of its securities to vote against the proposal Aikan. Whatever it was, in any case, the results of such voting are not mandatory and recommendatory nature.

In recent years, many Wall Street figures noticeably alarming so much attention to the investor shares Apple. The fact that Icahn has long earned a reputation as a corporate raider severe that bought large blocks of securities of corporations with a view to gain control over their management.

The size of the current program to repurchase shares of Apple stock is limited to 60 billion dollars, 10 billion of which the company has already spent at the beginning of 2012.

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As expected , the other day an American billionaire and major shareholder Carl Icahn Apple for the third time, met with its CEO, Tim Cook. It is reported by CNBC television channel reported citing a statement of the investor.

The meeting discussed the issue of a possible increase in the program to repurchase securities of technology giant. According to Hayk, they turned to Cook “productive conversation”, and they both believe that Apple is seriously undervalued in the securities market. He also noted that Cook is not looking interested in spending $ 150 billion for these purposes – that this amount Karl voiced in a recent letter to CEO Apple.

In the past year, Apple has finally decided to spend $ 10 billion to buy back its own shares, and after a few months has increased the size of the program to $ 60 billion. In this case, more $ 100 billion company plans to spend on the payment of dividends to its shareholders. Icahn believes these actions are insufficient and asks to allocate all available funds to repurchase shares of Apple as soon as possible.

The investor makes every effort to be perceived as a “good Samaritan”: making bold predictions in regard to the course of the securities Apple (up to $ 1,250 each) and declares its intention not to sell shares of the corporation from Cupertino, since he believes in its future . Here are just a reputation Aikan overtakes him for at least a couple of quarters.

At one time, had the reputation of billionaire corporate raider, who first “concern” about the shareholders, and then bought back a large stake in a company, to then be able to put pressure on its leadership. In parallel with this, he shall trade was “greenmail” – forcing the company to buy its own shares at highly inflated price, and not honest means. Icahn invests in a dozen technology companies, but for one year two of them (Dell and BlackBerry ) announced his retirement from the stock exchange.

It is possible that in the case of the Apple Charles decided to act on its old scheme. Tim Cook is playing for time and does not want to answer investor sharp refusal, as this can result in serious consequences. Failure to meet their demands Icahn wants to enlist the support of other shareholders and go to campus Apple «with pitchforks and torches” .

Not so long ago, the billionaire increased his stake in Apple to 0.5%, equivalent to 4.73 million shares, or $ 2.5 billion at current exchange rate of the company.

Aikan another statement about “underestimating» Apple caused a small stir in the market – on Tuesday Securities Corporation rose four dollars, but then fell again.

Very interesting what the outcome of this whole story.

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Apple decided not to change the tradition and said that this one is also going to broadcast the online conference, where the company will report a profit for the last quarter. Broadcast will be in audio format on the page dedicated to investor relations .

To obtain first-hand information on the company’s profit for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, you need to make sure that your devices fulfill all requirements. As the number of supported gadgets include iPhone, iPod touch and iPad iOS 4.2-based or newer, Mac OS X 10.5 on or newer, and Windows PC when QuickTime 7 or newer.

Recall that in the second fiscal quarter, Apple earned 43.6 billion, a net profit of $ 9.6 billion. Learn about what the company can boast of figures on the results of the last quarter, it will be tomorrow, July 23, at 14 pm PST.

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