Samsung Elec Q2 operating profit rises 54% on strong chip prices

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Operating profit rose to 12.6 trillion won ($10.95 billion) for the quarter ended June from 8.1 trillion won a year earlier, the world’s top maker of memory chips and smartphones said.

That was slightly higher than the company’s estimate of 12.5 trillion won earlier this month.

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