Mumbai / AFP India’s Tata Consultancy Services reported an 8.8 percent year-on-year rise in quarterly profits on Thursday as strong growth in Europe helped the IT giant override a slump in its domestic market. The firm, based in India’s financial capital Mumbai, said net profit for the three months to September 30 rose to 65.86 billion rupees ($984 million) ...

  SEOUL/ AP Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it has expanded its recall of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in the US to include all replacement devices the company offered as a presumed safe alternative after the original Note 7s were found prone to catch fire. The move announced on the websites of Samsung and the Consumer Product Safety Commission on ...

  Taipei / AP Apple’s new iPhone 7 series gave Taiwan microchip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) a boost Thursday as the firm announced profits were up by almost a third compared with last year. The company was also set to benefit from the demise of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, analysts said, after the South Korean smartphone giant had ...