In a message dated 11/11/2002 1:12:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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> From Reuters:
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> >Olympus Optical Co Ltd, the world's number two in digital camera
> >sales, also raised its full-year earnings targets on Monday to 25
> >billion yen in net profit on 570 billion yen in revenues, compared
> >with a prior forecast of a 20 billion yen net profit and 562 billion
> >yen in sales.
>
> >Nikon's camera division, which accounts for more than half its
> >sales, is expected to post a 29 billion yen operating profit this
> >year, covering a projected 27 billion yen loss in steppers(a machine
> >used in manufacturing microcircuits).
>
> >He added that despite clouds of uncertainty over the U.S. economy he
> >did not see any signs of a slowdown in strong demand for digital
> >cameras there, although the prospects of fighting in Iraq added to
> >the uncertainty.
> >
> >Nikon ranked sixth in unit sales of digital cameras worldwide last
> >year but has broadened its product lineup after initially targeting
> >the high end of the market.
> >
> >The company is now gaining share in a market that looks set to grow
> >by a hefty 50 percent this year despite a dull economy.
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>
> Forget film cameras.
I'm not sure I see why, based on the Reuters report. The way I read it, the
income and earnings numbers are for all of Olympus Optical, not just digital
cameras (I don't think Olympus has digicam sales of over USD4.5 billion). In
fact it's not clear to me what digital cameras has to do with this report at
all, almost like they were mentioned as an afterthought. Maybe it's just taken
out of context.
Paul Schings
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