Samsung Electronics' record earnings see it overtake Apple

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted record-breaking earnings on Thursday, putting it on course to better rival Apple's quarterly profits as it seeks to move past a bribery scandal and a damaging recall debacle.The firm said huge sales of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone and demand for its memory chips were behind the jump in April-June and predicted another blockbuster report for the current quarter to September.It said operating profit soared a forecast-beating 72.9 percent from the