news bulletin – answers

Samsung: first ever quarterly loss

questions

1. What has seen a rapid drop? margins for flat screens
2. Which sales are slowing? all consumer electrics
3. What did the chip unit post 2 years ago? an operating profit margin of 31%
4. What was its recent loss margin? 14%
5. What had been expected? a much smaller deficit
6. What percentage did this contribute to the total operating loss? 60%
7. How much is Samsung worth? $50 billion
8. How much did shares in Samsung fall? about 4%
9. What will continue through the first half of 2009? the over supply situation in the memory market
10. What loss is Sony expected to post? $2.9 billion