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Samsung Note 7 fires risk hurting demand for other products

  Bloomberg Kong Tse has seen first-hand how the global uproar over flammable Samsung Note 7 smartphones is playing out with consumers. The 26-year-old, who hawks devices in the warrens of Hong Kong’s Wanchai Computer Center, says sales of the company’s handsets have tumbled 30 percent since the controversy began, including the high-end S7 Edge. “Once betrayed, eight times avoided,” ...

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Billionaire looks at Siri-like Software, 3D printed cars

  Bloomberg Li Ka-shing, the billionaire who made early investments in the likes of Siri and Facebook Inc., is examining startups involved in artificial intelligence and 3D printing to find the next company that could shake up the technology world. Through his charity, Hong Kong’s richest man has most recently been looking at investing in the field of carmaking via ...

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Art lovers toil to keep up with fairs

  Bloomberg There’s an art fair every day this month — for collectors who have the stamina to hop from Seoul to Santiago, Budapest to Buenos Aires, Moscow to Manila. Art fairs have been sprouting across the globe, with 269 in 2015 compared with 105 a decade earlier, according to a report by The Art Newspaper and Momart. ArtBinder, which ...

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