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Yokohama, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor has registered a net profit of 114.5 billion yen ($1.04 billion) for the April-June period, in contrast with the 285.6 million yen net loss it posted in the same period last year, largely thanks to a good performance in the United States market.Japan's second largest carmaker on Wednesday also announced that during the first quarter of the Japanese fiscal year ending in June, it achieved a gross operating profit of 90.3 billion yen, compared to the loss of 232.3 billion yen between April-June 2020. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS NISSAN CARS AT GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS SHOWROOM OF NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. IN YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA PREFECTURE, JAPAN.
Tokyo, June 8 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese government on Tuesday revised the contraction of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2021 to 1 percent, 0.3 percent less than the preliminary data published in May.The world's third-largest economy shrank 1.6 percent compared to the same quarter of 2020.This is 0.3 percent less than the earlier estimate, according to the revised data. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE B-ROLL OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING STREETS AND CUSTOMERS AT SHOPPING STREETS, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Singapore, May 25 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore on Tuesday raised the expansion of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of the year to 1.3 percent, confirming the exit of the city-state's economy from recession.Preliminary data published in April had put the expansion of GDP in the first quarter of the year at 0.2 percent.The growth was driven by the manufacturing sector, which expanded by 10.7 percent year-on-year between January and March, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SHOPPERS INSIDE A SHOPPING MALL IN SINGAPORE AND B-ROLL OF THE CITY.
Seoul, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced Thursday a net profit of 7.14 trillion won ($6.45 billion) in the first quarter of the year -- a 46.2 percent rise compared to the same period in 2020.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SAMSUNG STORES IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Singapore, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2021, the first expansion of the economy of the city-state since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."The expansion is a strong signal that our economy is slowly but surely recovering from the unprecedented impact of Covid-19 last year," Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Facebook after the release of the data.The Asian nation, whose GDP shrank by 5.8% in 2020, has come out of recession, according to preliminary data announced by the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry on Wednesday. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.