Along with the recovery of the electronics segment, the strong performance of the finance businesses drove up our earnings. |
Both consumer electronics and game businesses did well during the year-end sales season, while the financial services operation expanded, giving us record-breaking net profit and sales in the third quarter. |
In the electronics business there were signs of recovery but it's not yet at a satisfactory level. |
Our operating profit surpassed our previous estimate because the one-time profit from returning pension funds to government was larger than expected. |
We are seeing a steady recovery path in the electronics segment. |
We have started to see clear signs of recovery in the electronics sector. But we are still halfway through before a full-fledged recovery. |
We see a big business chance. |
We're conservative on the November and December outlook, and that's why we're keeping the full-year forecast unchanged. |