Samsung has just become the first Korean company to make 100 trillion won in a quarter, and its shares fell

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 9 October 2026 at 03:15

Samsung's early estimate puts its third-quarter operating profit at about 107.4 trillion won, close to nine times a year ago, and the shares still slipped.
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