Samsung Electronics has overtaken Hewlett-Packard as the world's biggest technology company by sales, a sign of how strongly some South Korean companies have bounced back from the economic downturn.

By Christian Oliver and Song Jung-a in Seoul

Published: January 28 2010 18:46 | Last updated: January 29 2010 03:09

Source: Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c48d477a-0c3b-11df-8b81-00144feabdc0.html