NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. enjoyed soaring group pretax profits in fiscal 2000, thanks to brisk global sales of electronic devices and telecommunications equipment, according to their earnings reports released Thursday.
NEC reported 56.6 billion yen in consolidated net profits for the year that ended March 31, a more than fivefold increase on the previous year's result.
Consolidated pretax profits tripled to 92.32 billion yen and consolidated operating profits rose 67.7 percent to 185.18 billion yen.