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Dentist quits Samsung to disrupt South Korean payments system

Bloomberg Lee Seung-gun’s parents told him to get his sanity checked when he quit his secure job as a dentist with the hospital arm of Samsung Group to found a mobile apps startup. Seven years and eight failed apps later, the founder of Viva Republica has a bona fide hit with payments service Toss and its 8 million registered users ...

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Coal plants keep shutting despite Trump’s order to rescue them

Bloomberg President Donald Trump has ordered a rescue of the nation’s struggling coal and nuclear power industries, but that doesn’t mean utilities are reconsidering the shutdown of unprofitable plants. Many power generators contacted said Trump’s June 1 announcement hasn’t altered their plans to retire old units even as the administration dangles the prospect of using emergency powers to force grid ...

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Audi CEO Stadler arrested over diesel emissions scandal

Bloomberg Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was arrested in Munich in connection with the diesel-cheating scandal, making him the highest-profile target in the probe that’s engulfed the carmaker and parent Volkswagen for almost three years. Munich prosecutors investigating Audi’s role in the 2015 scandal confirmed they arrested Stadler, 55, in the Bavarian capital because of risk he may tamper with evidence, ...

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