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Increased sales of high-resolution panels for tablet PCs and OLED panels for smartphones also helped boost profit in the quarter.
It added that along with a pick-up in demand for international and domestic travel, cost-cutting measures were likely to help boost profit.
The company wants to boost net profit margins, which sunk to 4.8% over the latest 12-months.
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The company benefited from the boost in the second quarter when profit swelled 64.6%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the most recent quarter when profit swelled 35.3%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the most recent quarter when profit swelled 40.7%, marking the biggest gain.
The revenue boost won't show up on the profit line for at least a few quarters.
Discounts may boost volume, but at a high cost to profit margins.
If digital photography sales bomb, Plaza Create will end up with a lot of costly assets that do nothing to boost its paper-thin 1.1% net profit margin.
The biggest boost for the company came in the second quarter, when profit jumped by 49%.
The biggest boost for the company came in the second quarter, when profit jumped by 76.8%.
The biggest boost for the company came in the first quarter, when profit jumped by 82.6%.
The biggest boost for the company came in the first quarter, when profit jumped by more than twofold.
The company benefited from the boost in the third quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 66.1%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the second quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 49.8%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 63.4%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 15.2%, marking the biggest gain.
The company benefited from the boost in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year when profit swelled 38.4%, marking the biggest gain.
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