Matsushita profit up on digicams, TVs
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Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric  Industrial Co Ltd (6752.T) posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly  operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat  TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of  market expectations.
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Profit at Tyco&#39;s electronics unit rose more than fourfold in the quarter as revenue climbed 15 percent on higher sales volume in automotive, communications, computer and consumer electronics.
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Japanese electronics group Toshiba Corp.   posted a jump in quarterly operating profit on Monday,  thanks to solid flash memory chip prices and power plant sales,  and raised its full-year outlook by 12 percent, closer to  market estimates.
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The Nikkei average rose 2 percent by late  morning trade on Monday as banks extended last week's gains and  strong gains in U.S. semiconductor chip stocks helped push up  Japanese peers such as Advantest Corp.
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NEW YORK - Dell Inc., the worldâs largest personal computer maker, Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by market share gains and lower component costs despite slowing demand for corporate PCs.
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Japan's Softbank Corp. has said its net profit for the nine months to December jumped 23.1 percent from a year earlier after it entered the mobile phone market and sold off assets.
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The company said quarterly net profit jumped to 73.7 billion yen, or $646.7 million, as sales of digital cameras, televisions and other electronics more than offset losses at its video-games unit.
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday  afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric  Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies  soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.22 percent on  Thursday as Wall Street's gains fueled buying of exporters such  as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and a rebound in crude oil and other  commodities prices lifted trading houses such as Mitsubishi  Corp.
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Despite 'sluggish' HDD and mobile phone sales Japanese electronics giant Toshiba yesterday reported a hike in first half profits, buoyed by strong demand for the firm's memory chips as well as steady growth in the computer arm of its business.â¦
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Japan&#39;s stock benchmarks rose. KDDI Corp. and Nippon Telegraph &amp; Telephone Corp. gained as Deutsche Bank AG said profits in the telecommunications industry have benefited from a recovery in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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Dell, the world&#39;s largest personal computer maker, posted a higher quarterly profit Thursday, helped by market share gains and lower component costs despite slowing demand for corporate PCs.
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Panasonic maker Matsushita  reported a 22 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on brisk demand for its digital cameras and flat televisions, and it stood by its annual outlook that falls short of market expectations.
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Sony said quarterly net profit jumped to 73.7 billion yen, or $646.7 million, as sales of digital cameras, televisions and other electronics more than offset losses at its video-games unit.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s quarterly  profit jumped 46 percent from a year ago on strong memory chip  earnings, but fell from the previous quarter on sinking prices  of flat screens for TV and computers.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 9--TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Service said Friday it has  raised its ratings for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Mitsubishi Electric  Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. by one notch each due to improving profitability and  cash flows.
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies soothed worries about the sector's outlook.