Samsung to buy car tech company Harman for $8 billion

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-harman-intl-ind-samsung-elec-idUSKBN1390O9

>Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy Harman International Industries in an $8 billion deal, marking a major push into the auto electronics market and the biggest overseas acquisition ever by a South Korean company.

>The transaction highlights Samsung's efforts to break into the high-barrier automotive industry where it has little track record and also marks a strategic shift for the electronics company, which has previously shunned big acquisitions.

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>How Harman, Once Shunned, Repositioned Itself in the Automotive-Tech Arms Race

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/14/world/asia/ap-as-skorea-samsung-connected-cars.html

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