Thursday, August 7, 2008

Toyota Profit Falls Most in Five Years on U.S. Slump

Toyota Profit Falls Most in Five Years on U.S. Slump

By Naoko Fujimura

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's second-largest carmaker, reported the biggest drop in profit in five years as U.S. sales of sport-utility vehicles and trucks plunged.

Net income fell 28 percent to 353.7 billion yen ($3.2 billion), or 112.28 yen a share, in the three months ended June from 491.5 billion yen, or 153.89 yen, a year earlier, the company said in a statement today. Sales declined 4.7 percent to 6.22 trillion yen. The result was better than the 329 billion yen median estimate by five analysts compiled by Bloomberg. ...Read More

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