: Sharp Co. expects its group net profit to fall 7.6 percent in the six months to Sept. 30 due to costs of opening new television plants and higher raw material expenses, the Japanese manufacturer said Monday. Osaka-based Sharp, known for its Aquos brand of flat-panel liquid crystal display TVs, said in a statement it expects group net profit of 43 billion yen (US$337.19 million; €236 million) for the April-September period, down from 46.5 billion yen a year ago. Still, the company left its profit outlook for the full fiscal year unchanged at 1.64 trillion yen (US$25.49 billion;...
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