KORIYAMA, Fukushima Pref. (Nikkei)--Joban Kosan reported a group net loss of 8.8 billion yen for the year ended March 31, compared with a 367 million yen loss the previous year.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--The nation's two major consumer finance firms, Acom Co. (8572) and Aiful Corp. (8515), both returned to the black for the first time in three years, reporting group net profits for the year ended in March.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Companies listed on the stock markets for start-ups boosted their pretax profits by 13% in the year ended March 31, achieving a third consecutive year of double-digit increases, according to a Nikkei survey.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--The nation's five largest banking groups logged a combined consolidated net profit of roughly 2.4 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, up about 36% from the year before, according to results released by Tuesday.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--SMC Corp. (6273) on Tuesday reported a 10% increase in group pretax profit to 91.4 billion yen for the year ended March 31.
