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Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its fourth-quarter operating profit likely rose 15 percent from a year earlier, missing expectations and fuelling concerns the tech industry may be in for a tough year of slack gadget sales.
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Samsung said in a regulatory filing its October-December operating profit would likely be 6.1 trillion won ($5.10 billion), compared with a 6.6 trillion won Thomson Reuters SmartEstimate derived from a survey of 30 analysts. Revenue likely rose 0.5 percent to 53 trillion won Demarcus Lawrence Cowboys Jersey , the firm said, without elaborating.
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"I think Samsung did well considering the weaker tech demand," Jin said.
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The guidance was not a major surprise as Samsung Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun had warned on Monday that the maker of Galaxy smartphones faced a challenging time ahead due to weak global economic growth.
The tech sector was further rattled on Wednesday when Apple shares fell below $100 for the first time in nearly five months on reports of slowing iPhone 6S and 6S Plus shipments for the January-March quarter.
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Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co meanwhile said its 2015 smartphone shipments defied the slowdown and jumped 44 percent, underscoring the tough competitive environment for market leaders Samsung and Apple.
BEIJING， Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The 9th round of China Basketball Association (CBA) regular season action started with game night 20 in Shenzhen on Sunday. The home team took out Xinjiang 106-91， setting it on a three-game winning streak while Xinjiang have encountered two consecutive defeats.
Xinjiang topped the table on 7-1 before the battle. Shenzhen opened the game by going on a 14-3 run， but Xinjiang answered by going 7-2. After Sun Tonglin's layup， the two teams had a 22-22 draw at the end of the first quarter. In the last quarter， the game went to junk time， with Xinjiang falling from first place after their loss.
Meanwhile， Beijing came from behind to beat Zhejiang 116-106， with the scoring led by Stephon Marbury.
Zhejiang stormed to a lead from the outset on Willie Warren's scoring. After Beijing fought back， led by Marbury， Warren beat back again， going on an 8-1 run. Beijing was behind Zhejiang on 20-30 after the first quarter.
During the last quarter， Beijing caught on fire. Sun Qingpeng and Zhai Xiaochuan hit 3-pointers， Sun Yue got a dunk， making a fantastic 11-0 run for the Ducks. Randolph Morris had a game-high 18 points and 5 assists， Warren got 38 points， 12 rebounds and 9 assists.
In other action， Tianjin hammered Jiangsu 122-91， Liaoning overwhelmed Fujian 118-80， Shanghai beat Shanxi 108-89， Qingdao lost to Guangdong 90-98， Sichuan beat Jilin 113-92， Shandong beat Jiangsu 103-88， Guangxia downed Aolong 128-108， and Bayi edged out Guangzhou 94-93.
SAN FRANCISCO， Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A new study indicates that some marine worms go through a prolonged phase， probably for months， with little more than head.
The study about the trunk-less larval stage， a developmental strategy known as indirect development， known to be shared by many animals in the ocean， may shed light on the biological development of early animals.
"Indirect development is the most prevalent developmental strategy of marine invertebrates and life evolved in the ocean，" said Chris Lowe， an associate professor of biology at Stanford University. "This means the earliest animals probably used these kinds of strategies to develop into adults."
Most research animals commonly found in labs， such as mice， zebrafish and the worm C. elegans， are direct developers， species that don't go through a distinct larval stage.
The research targeted a group of marine invertebrates called Hemichordata， because there is already a wealth of molecular developmental work done on direct developers in this group， and finally focused on Schizocardium californicum， a species of acorn worm and indirect developer in the Hemichordata phylum.
At Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station， graduate student Paul Gonzalez， lead author of a paper published in the journal Current Biology， became a hunter， breeder and farmer of the rare marine worm.
"Terrestrial， direct developing species develop fast， their life cycle is simple and they are easy to rear in the lab，" said Gonzalez. By comparison， indirect developers develop slowly， have a long larval stage， and their larvae are difficult to feed and maintain in captivity. The reproductive adults are also challenging to keep in. Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Hockey Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NCAA Football Jerseys Wholesale Basketball Jerseys From China Wholesale Baseball Jerseys From China Wholesale Cheap Soccer Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China