Japan's Sharp beats second-quarter profit expectations on laptop business
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp , an Apple supplier, posted a profit that beat expectations and was its first rise in five quarters, driven by the strength in the laptop business it bought from Toshiba .Sharp, which makes sensors, camera modules and screens for Apple's iPhones, posted an operating profit of 22.3 billion yen ($206.54 million) for the second quarter ended September, up from 22.2 billion yen a year prior.That compared with a 19.65 billion yen average of 4 analyst estimates..