Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 16--TOKYO-- Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will book a consolidated operating profit of 401.1 billion yen on sales of 3,556.2 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2003, both record highs for the April-September period.
The results, which spell respective gains of 15.2 percent and 8.2 percent over a year earlier, are attributable to an increase in the volume of auto sales and lower costs, the leading Japanese carmaker said.
The ratio of operating profit to sale