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Toshiba eyes new businesses for recovery
AFP, Tokyo
Toshiba Corp, said Wednesday it aimed to expand its energy, healthcare and environment-related businesses as it targets a strong recovery in earnings within the next three years.
Under its new leadership, Japan's largest chipmaker signalled an increased focus on nuclear plants, solar energy systems and medical devices to offset the impact of falling semiconductor prices.
Toshiba expects social infrastructure -- which includes nuclear energy systems -- to be its most profitable division by early 2012, president Norio Sasaki told a news conference, outlining his business strategy.
"Expanding into new businesses such as health care, the environment and energy security will provide a basis for strong growth," said Sasaki, an expert in atomic power technology who took the helm ofToshiba in late June.
The group, which owns US nuclear power plant maker Westinghouse, is targeting an operating profit of 350 billion yen (3.7 billion dollars) by the business year ending March 2012, compared with a 343.6-billion-yen loss last year.
The company also plans to cutfixed costs by 330 billipn yen in the current business year toMarch 2010 and reduce capita] spending and investment in research and development in a bid to return to the black.
Dismal first half for Cathay Pacific as global crisis bites
AFP, Hong Kong
Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday the global economic crisis had battered its passenger and cargo services in the first half of the year, with revenue plummeting 27.1 percent.
A collapse in business and first class travel was accompanied by a similar plunge in the firm's cargo business, as demand from the United States and Europe for products made in southern China's factor}' belt disappeared.
Turnover fell to 30.92 billion Hong Kong dollars (3.96 billion US) in the first six months of the year from 42.39 billion in 2008 due to weak demand, the carrier said in a statement.
"The simple truth is that we continue to lose money due to the deep and sustained downturn in our passenger and cargo businesses," chairman Christopher Pratt told reporters.
Pratt said passenger revenue fell 23 percent in the first half compared to the same period in 2008 and that the cargo figures were "even more depressing", down almost 40 percent.
Unicredit bank says quarterly profit falls 74pc
AFP, Milan
Italian banking giant Unicredit said Tuesday its net profits fell by 74.37 percent in the second quarter to 490 million euros (706 million dollars) due to write-downs and provisions in the economic crisis.
In the equivalent quarter a year ago, net profits were 1.912 billion euros. The second-quarter results nevertheless beat the forcasts of analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires, who had predicted net profits of 427 million euros.
Unicredit's shares on the Milan stock exchange were up 3.36 percent at 2.2275 euros at 1435 GMT on a stable market.
The bank's write-downs and provisions amounted to 2.43 billion euros, from 634 million euros in the corresponding period of 2008.
Bad debts also rose, by 7.6 percent to 30.9 billion euros by comparison with the first quarter.
Taiwan's consumer prices down 2.33pc
AFP, Taipei
Taiwan said Wednesday that its consumer price index in July fell 2.33 percent year-on-year, the sixth in a row, on lower food and oil costs.
The drop compared with a 1.98 percent decline in June, said the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.
On a monthly basis, July consumer prices were 0.19 percent higher than June due to rising vegetable, cigarette and transport prices, the agency said.
However, the cost of clothes fell, it added.
The July core price index, which excludes vegetables, fruit, fish products and energy' costs, fell 0.93 percent from a year earlier, while (he wholesale price index (WP1) dropped 14.11 percent.