Samsung operating profit up 5.2% in Q2

Samsung Electronics saw its operating profit rise 5.2 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, a regulatory filing showed. The preliminary figure for operating profit was 14.8 trillion won ($13.2 billion) in the April-June quarter, according to the regulatory filing. It was up 5.2 percent from a year earlier, but Samsung ended its quarterly record-breaking trend. From the previous quarter, the