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Toshiba to slash operating profit forecast by half

Bloomberg Toshiba will cut its year operating profit forecast to between 20 billion and 30 billion yen ($180 million and $270 million) from the 60 billion-yen projection it made in November, Nikkei Asian Review reported, without saying where the information came from. Increased costs in sectors like energy are dragging down earnings from core operations, the report said. Toshiba will ...

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Apple iPhone shipments down by 20% in China

Bloomberg Apple Inc.’s Chinese smartphone shipments plummeted an estimated 20 percent in 2018’s final quarter, underscoring the scale of the iPhone maker’s retreat in the world’s largest mobile device arena against local rivals like Huawei Technologies Co. The domestic market contracted 9.7 percent in the quarter, but Apple declined at about twice that pace, research firm IDC said in a ...

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Ghosn effect: Nissan, Renault operating profit forecast to decline this fiscal year

Bloomberg What kind of financial blow has the widening scandal surrounding Carlos Ghosn delivered to Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA? Investors are about to get a glimpse when closely watched earnings releases come out this week. The alliance partners have spent the last two months coping with a major reputational hit from Ghosn’s arrest, indictments by Tokyo prosecutors over ...

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