The company suffered a non-GAAP loss of 3 cents a share, falling short of the Street consensus forecast of a profit of a penny a share.
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Mr Bourne's forecast of a speedy profit, in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, attracted renewed accusations that the government was selling off the beleaguered attraction at a giveaway price.
It had previously forecast a profit of 50bn yen.
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Oracle also set a profit forecast of 48 to 50 cents per share for Q3, again topping expectations.
For FY 2013, his forecast is now for a profit of 5 cents a share, down from a previous forecast of 49 cents.
Brunswick, an American maker of pleasure boats, has narrowed its profit forecast to the lower end of the range, saying that SARS clouded the economic outlook.
We forecast that this value will continue its decline, to about 57% of gross profit in 2011, and settle around 42% by the end of our forecast period.
Electronic Arts shares rallied this morning following an upbeat profit forecast and news of additional Star Wars games.
SAS, the Scandinavian airline, recently reported a modest profit during the second quarter this year and forecast a profit for the whole of 2002.
In corporate news, Target edged up 0.1% on solid quarterly figures, as Wal-Mart fell 0.4% on concerns about its profit forecast and expansion of an internal bribery probe past Mexico to Brazil, China and India.
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March 19, Sony-Ericsson sharply revised its first-quarter profit forecast, citing slow sales of its mid- and high-end handsets in Europe.
StreetAccount notes that the consensus forecast for 2012 was for profit growth this year of 9%.
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Boeing raises its full-year profit forecast this morning, saying it expects deliveries of commercial airplanes to grow.
As a result of the transactions, the company also lowered its profit forecast for 2011 and 2012.
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Samsung Electronics has forecast a 53% jump in profit for the first three months of the year, boosted mainly by growing smartphone sales.
Analysts have continued to forecast rapid earnings growth and high profit margins even in the face of rising energy and food costs and stagnant U.S. and falling European incomes.
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However, it cut its full-year profit forecast to 370bn yen, compared with its previous projection of 375bn yen.
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Kidron lifted his FY 2012 profit forecast for the company based on higher expectations for sales of both iPads and iPhones.
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As a result of this additional discounting, profit margins would be lower than previously forecast, it said.
It is the second time in a space of four months that the firm has lowered its full-year profit forecast.
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Even more impressively, Netflix reported a profit of 13 cents a share, well ahead of the Street consensus forecast which called for a loss of 12 cents a share.
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Japan Airlines has raised its profit forecast despite a decline in earnings for the first three quarters and the grounding of its Dreamliner fleet.
Q-Cells ( QCLSF - news - people ), the world's largest maker of solar cells, beat first-quarter profit expectations but lowered its 2009 profit forecast for the third time since December.
To reflect the fact that Sinovel is no longer a customer for the company, he revised his EPS forecast for the March 2012 fiscal year to a loss of 26 cents a share, down from a profit of 18 cents.
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Ryanair has increased its profit forecast for the full year after a better-than-expected performance in the last three months of 2012.
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