영어뉴스 공부하기: Samsung reports worst quarterly profit in 8 years

* report 발표하다 = post / notch

* 8년만에 최저  :  a 8-year low, the lowest in 8 years

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# Tech giant Samsung reported its lowest quarterly profit in eight years on Tuesday. It posted a 69% plunge from October to December compared to the same time the year before, just under $3.5 billion. Consumers wanted
fewer electronic devices, and the company’s clients tightened their belt in the face of a weak economy.
The prices of memory chips also fell last year by double digit percentages. Samsung’s chip profit tumbled to its lowest since the first quarter of 2009, and analysts expect the conglomerate’s chip business to report a loss into
early 2023.

 

* year on year 전년 동기 대비 = year over year = on the year (1년 전 동기간과 비교)

* tighten the belt = crack down on spending

* in the face of = amid 

* conglomerate 계열사가 많은 기업

* into early 2023 계속해서

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# However, instead of slashing investment in semiconductors, which is what Samsung’s rivals SK Hynix and Micron Technology said they plan to do, the world’s biggest memory chipmaker signaled it won't slow down spending, indicating it would use its deep pockets during this downturn
and expand its market share in chips used in smartphones and PCs later this year. Instead, Samsung signaled short term production would drop slightly, as it adjusts production lines and moves to more advanced chipmaking processes.

 

* slashing = cutting

* indicating = showing

* downturn 침체

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# While Samsung is expected to unveil its new generation of premium Galaxy S smartphones on Wednesday , it said a greater than expected decline in sales for low and mid end devices was to blame for its mobile division’s fourth quarter profit tumbling to $1.4 billion, compared to 2.2 billion from the year before.

 

* unveil = 공개하다

* premium <-> discount 똑같은 물건은 웃돈(동급대비 고가 / 고급)

* 고가 high-end

* 대표적 최고가 flagship

* 중저가폰 low and mid end (devices)

* I am to blame 내 탓, 나 때문

* the year before 2021년