Samsung says fourth-quarter earnings likely fell sharply on weak memory demand

• Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings likely decreased sharply due to lackluster demand in its memory chip business as well growing competition in the smartphone segment.
• The South Korean tech giant predicted operating profit for the three months ended December was approximately 10.8 trillion Korean won ($9.67 billion).
• That was 28.71 percent down from a year ago and 18.18 percent less than the 13.2 trillion won analysts had predicted.

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