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 …