Can Samsung Get Its Mojo Back?
Bareksa • 25 Jul 2014
Earnings season is in full swing in Asia, with mobile handset king Samsung expected to confirm disappointing results, and Japan's steel titans providing insight into regional demand for the alloy. (REUTERS/Jon Gordon)
South Korea holds key parliamentary by-elections.
Bareksa - A busy week ahead in Asia with several key corporate and economic events to watch. But first on Monday (July 28), we'll look to South Korea where teenage survivors of the tragic Sewol ferry sinking incident in April, will testify in the trial of the captain and crew in a special closed-door court session in the city of Ansan. The captain and other crew are facing a range of charges from negligence to homicide. Elsewhere, Tuesday (July 29) we get a whole bundle of Japanese data including household spending and retail sales which are effectively a progress check on the central bank's inflation growth plans. And in Australia, we also get new home sales, as the country's housing boom continues. (Source : Reuters)