LG Elec swings to Q2 profit on LCD venture, phones
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South Korea&#39;s LG Electronics Inc.  (066570.KS) swung to a profit in the second quarter as a  turnaround in its LCD venture and strong mobile phone sales  outweighed heavy losses in its plasma display business.
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Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant. said Thursday that its profit jumped 61.6 percent in the latest quarter on improved profitability in its mobile phone joint venture and gains in its movie business, led by &quot;Spider-Man 2.&quot;.
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Sony Ericsson, the world&#39;s  fourth-biggest mobile phone maker, posted higher second-quarter  sales on Wednesday but its profit and its average phone sale  prices were below analysts&#39; estimates.
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LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday that strong sales in Asia helped boost earnings 12 percent in the second quarter but its shares dropped as the results missed expectations.
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LG Electronics Inc., South Korea&#39;s biggest maker of home appliances, said Tuesday its third-quarter net profits rose more than 30 percent on brisk sales of mobile phones.
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Employment giant Adecco SA reported Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 11 percent as a gain from the sale of its Internet job provider Jobpilot partially offset charges related to a previously disclosed ...
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Sony Corp. on Thursday reported a big boost in profits in the second quarter, due to the success of box office hit &quot;Spider-Man 2.&quot;.
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PalmOne Inc.  on Monday swung to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile phone and other handheld digital devices.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday that strong sales in Asia helped boost earnings 12 percent in the second quarter but its shares dropped as the results missed expectations.
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Revenues at the U.S. unit of LG  Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) rose 39 percent in the first half,  and North American sales are expected to top $10 billion this  year, fueled by demand for mobile phones, flat-screen displays  and appliances, it said on Thursday.
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LG Electronics Inc., South Korea&#39;s second-largest electronics maker, reported third-quarter profit rose 36 percent, better than analysts expected, after selling a record number of mobile phones.
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Dutch Philips Electronics   missed analysts forecasts on Monday with second-quarter net  profit depressed by price pressure in LCD displays, but sales  and operating profit rose faster than expected and it announced  a 1.5 billion euro (&#36;1.90 billion) share buyback.
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PalmOne Inc. PLMO.O on Monday swung  to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent  jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile  phone and other handheld digital devices.
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SEOUL LG Electronics, South Korea&#39;s second-largest electronics maker, on Tuesday reported a 36 percent rise in third-quarter profit from a year earlier, better than expected, after selling a record number of mobile phones.
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PalmOne Inc. on Monday swung to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile phone and other handheld digital devices.
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Alltel, which has agreed to be bought by private equity investors, posted quarterly profit of $282.6 million as it added more wireless subscribers than expected.
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Philips Electronics   reported a 22 percent rise in its second-quarter operating profit on Monday, in line with expectations, and said it was on track to meet its sales and profit margin targets.