Business Report: Samsung earnings drop dramatically, mining mergers on horizon

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Posted Oct 7, 2014 10:01:50 AM.

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680News senior business editor Mike Eppel with the day’s top business headlines, including low earnings for Samsung, and a major mining merger in the works.

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