Sega Sammy's April-December Group Net Profit Falls 22%
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 7--TOKYO -- Amusement machine maker Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.
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The contract electronics manufacturer posted a 90 percent drop in quarterly net profit, but earnings excluding special charges were higher than expected.
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NYSE Group Inc.  posted a fourth-quarter profit on Friday, reversing a year-earlier loss, but results were not as strong as some investors had hoped, and its shares fell.
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Nissan Motor Co, Japan's second-largest automaker, has abandoned its goal of a seventh straight year of record profits after a 22.6 percent slump in net earnings in the quarter to December.
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Aeon Co., Japan's second-biggest retail group, on Tuesday said quarterly operating profit fell 16 percent due to poor sales at its U.S. apparel unit Talbots Inc. and some goodwill charges.
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The Tokyo-based company posted a net profit of 131.6 billion yen ($1.22 billion) for 2007 as brisk tire sales and a weaker yen offset a rise in raw material costs.
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Toyota Motor Corp., the world&#39;s second- largest carmaker, had an unexpected drop in quarterly profit as earnings at its truck making unit fell and a stronger yen cut the value of its overseas sales.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N on Thursday  posted disappointing quarterly earnings and cut its full-year  profit forecast amid slowing growth in China and European job  cuts, sending its shares down 4 percent.
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Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. said Tuesday its net profit dropped nearly 78 percent in the October-December quarter, hurt by sluggish sales of mobile phones and personal computers.
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Japan's top telecommunications company, reported a 21.8 percent drop in profit for the April-December period Monday due to declines in voice and fixed-line operations.
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Discount retailer Dollar General Corp.   DG.N on Thursday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by weak   gross profit margins and a disappointing start to the   back-to-school shopping season.
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said it was lowering its sales and profits forecast for the year to March in the face of pricing pressures in the semiconductor market even as it reported continued profits for the nine months to December.
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International Game Technology, the world&#39;s biggest maker of slot machines, Tuesday said said profit for its latest quarter fell 50 percent from a year ago due to a charge for early redemption of debt and a tax adjustment.
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EMC Corp. , the world&#039;s largest  maker of corporate data-storage equipment, on Friday reported  lower quarterly profit after supplies of a key new product  failed to keep up with demand.
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Sony Corp. 6758.T shares opened 2.38   percent lower at 4,930 yen on Thursday after it said it would   delay the European launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game   machine to March from November, missing the holiday shopping   season in a key market.
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YESTERDAY Close $56.95 Change +$1.80 52-WEEK High $58.45 Low $21.75 Akamai Technologies Inc. , whose technology is used to download content from websites, said fourth-quarter profit fell 20 percent after a tax provision. Revenue rose 52 percent on demand for services such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes music site.
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CHICAGO  â The Hershey Company, which is losing market share to rivals like Mars Inc. as it battles rising costs, forecast on Thursday a drop in 2008 earnings.