Electronics maker NEC's profit more than doubles

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People walk past a corporate logo of NEC Corp. in Tokyo Thursday May 15 2008. NECs profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled on year as the Japanese electronics makers mobile and computer-chip businesses swung into profit. (AP PhotoK ...
People walk past a corporate logo of NEC Corp. in Tokyo Thursday, May 15, 2008. NEC's profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled on year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile and computer-chip businesses swung into profit. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

(AP) -- NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.


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