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D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilder in the U.S., posted a nearly 44 percent profit increase in its fiscal fourth quarter. Orders also rose 19 percent. Shartia Brantley reports.
Amazon Books, the e-commerce giant's new physical bookstore, opens in Seattle. Fred Katayama reports.
The largest consumer electronics chain in the U.S. reported an increase in sales for the second quarter. Analysts were expecting a decline. Shartia Brantley reports.
The biggest U.S. bank by assets saw a more than six percent drop in profit in the fourth quarter, hit by legal costs that topped $1 billion. Leah Duncan reports.
The International Monetary Fund projects that energy prices "will be elevated" during the coming winter months but will then "come back down by the end of the first quarter next year and into the second quarter," IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath says in an interview with AFP. SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, May 14 (EFE/EPA).-Toshiba Corporation announced Friday its consolidated results for the 2020 fiscal year which ended on May 31 2021, with a decrease of net sales of 335.5 billion yen to 3,054.4 billion yen (27,516.9 million US dollar) due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)SHOT LIST: TOSHIBA CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.