Samsung Electronics, South Korean tech behemoth, posted better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter thanks to solid demand for its flagship Galaxy smartphones, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker, posted its first profit slump in five quarters as soft demand for smartphones dampened the company's Galaxy device sales and lowered prices of components such as chips and display panels.
Australia's national airline Qantas has continued its turnaround in fortunes, with CEO Alan Joyce announcing that it expects its 2016 half-year profit to be almost three times that of 2015.
As interim report disclosure is drawing to a close, editors reviewed the performance of the industries with traditional big-cap stocks, finding that the securities, insurance and electricity industries presented satisfying result in the first half of this year; while the banking, coal and oil industries declined significantly.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said Thursday that its operating profit rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday a 24.9 percent year-on-year rise in its group net profit for the fiscal first half and a 16 percent rise in its net profit in the July to September period, citing robust sales in the United States of its crossover SUV models compensating for lackluster sales here.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat screens, said Thursday that its third-quarter operating profit fell 60 percent from a year earlier.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of chips, smartphones and flat screens, saw its operating profit drop 60 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, regulatory filing showed Tuesday.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips, televisions and flat screens, estimated Friday the record level of operating profit for the first quarter.