Samsung Q4 Operating Profit Likely Down 69 pct on Chip Price Falls
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter operating profit likely plunged 69 percent from a year earlier due to sliding memory chip prices as an economic slowdown pummeled demand for IT gadgets and servers. The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker estimated its October-December operating profit at 4.3 [...]