SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. said it expects to report a slight improvement in operating profit for the third quarter compared with a year earlier, even as the South Korean smartphone giant wrestles with a global recall of its premium Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. On Friday, Samsung said it expects to earn about 7.8 trillion Korean won ($7.0 billion) in operating profit for the three months ended Sept. 30, a 5.5% improvement from a year...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 06, 2016 23:49 UTC