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The world’s top maker of memory chips and smartphones said operating profit fell to 10.85 trillion won ($7.7 billion) for the July-September quarter, from 15.8 trillion won a year earlier, the first year-on-year decline in nearly three years.
That was in line with Samsung (KS:005930)’s own estimate of 10.8 trillion won earlier this month.
Revenue rose 4% to 76.8 trillion won.
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