After meagre 2019, Samsung's modest chip recovery outlook falls flat

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is counting on a gradual recovery in memory chip demand from data centres and 5G smartphone makers to help it bounce back in 2020 after sliding to its worst operating profit in four years. But in a guarded outlook, the world's biggest memory chip and smartphone maker said on Thursday it couldn't rule out the possibility that demand growth may be curbed amid lingering tensions on U.S.-China trade and looming fears of the economic impact of the new..