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Japan's Nomura posts first profit in six quarters
AFP, TbAyo
Japan's top securities firm Nomura, digesting a takeover of large parts of failed US bank Lehman Brothers, announced Wednesday its first profit in six quarters, helped by a recovery in global markets.
Nomura Holdings posted a net profit of 11.42 billion yen (121 million dollars) for die fiscal first quarter to June, returning to the black after a record loss of 709.4 billion yen in the last business year through March.
Revenue jumped 41.0 percent from a year earlier to 363.60 billion yen. aided by a rebound in global stocks and a beefed up worldwide presence following the acquisition of Lehman’s assets in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
"Our retail and asset management business continued to generate stable revenues and global markets made a significant contribution to earnings," Nomura president Kenichi Watanabe said.
"While market conditions remain uncertain, we are making steady progress toward our objective of achieving a full-year profit," he added.
Eyeing a global presence, Nomura last year snapped chunks of Lehman Brothers after the US investment bank became the most visible corporate casualty of the financial crisis.
The costs of the purchase cut into the Japanese company's profits last year, but Nomura said it was starting to reap the benefits of the deal.
Daimler posts $1.51 b loss in second-quarter
AP, Berlin
German auto and truck maker Daimler AG said Wednesday it lost euro 1.06 billion ($1.51 billion) in the second quarter as sinking sales from the recession and charges related to its stake in Chrysler hurt earnings. But the result was better than analyst predictions and companyshares rose.
Daimler, one of the world's leading luxury carmakers with brands including Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and Smart, said the loss in the April-June period compared with a profit of nearly euro 1.3 billion a year earlier.
Analysts surveyed byThomson Reuters had expected a net loss ofeurol.5 billion.
Despite the third quarterly loss in a row, the company predicted a "gradual improvement” in its operating profit in the coming months.
The news helped push Daimler shares up nearly 5.4 percent to euro31.68 in Frankfurt trading.
Sales fell 25 percent to euro 19.6 billion in the quarter compared with euro26 billion last year, below the euro20 billion that analysts had forecast, a stark reminder of the bleak landscape that car makers worldwide face amid the economic crisis. SKorea posts record surplus in first half
AFP, Seoul
South Korea posted a record current account surplus of just under 22 billion dollars in the year's first half, data showed Wednesday.
The country's broadest measure of trade and income was in the black in June for a fifth month running, the central Bank of Korea said, pointing to brisk exports and a sharp fall in imports.
The current account surplus in June was 5.43 billion dollars, its biggest since a record high of 6.65 billion dollars in March, the bank said in a report.
The cumulative current account surplus for the first half to June was a record 21.75 billion dollars, the bank said.
The current account, which measures trade, service and investment flows with the rest of the world, has been in the black since February.
"Exports of steel products and electronic goods have sharply increased, helping the trade surplus rise in June," the bank said in a statement.
Thai auto exports drop 45.5pcinJune
AFP,Bangkok
Thai auto exports tumbled by 45.5 percent in June owing to an ongoing slump in demand, an industry group said Wednesday.
But the drop, blamed on the continuing global economic crisis, was an improvement on May's year-on-year plunge of 54.69 percent.
Vehicle shipments in June fell to 35,403 units, equating to a44.9 percent drop in value year-on-year to 16.5 billion baht (485.3 million dollars), the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said.
"The main factor for the plunging exports is still the worldwide economic recession," said Surapong Paisitpatpong, spokesman for the auto sector at the FTI.
"Our exports to Europe suffered a drop of 76 percent, while in North and South America they slumped by 72 percent. Even the Australian and Asian markets dropped 45 percent and 36 percent respectively," he told AFP.