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Three Stars: How a Fish, Fruit and Grocery Trader Became Apple's Fiercest Rival

It began in 1938 with dried fish, fruit, vegetables and noodles sold out of a modest storefront in Daegu. Today the name Lee Byung-chul chose — Samsung, meaning "three stars" — sits on the phones, screens and memory chips that run the modern world, and stands as the one company Apple has never been able to shake.