- Mitsubishi Motors Corp on Friday posted a surprise operating loss in the third quarter, its worst quarterly performance in more than three years, hurt by falling sales in China, Japan and South-east Asia, as well as a stronger yen.
- The carmaker posted an operating loss of 6.6 billion yen (US$60.2 million) for the October-December quarter, missing an average forecast for a profit of 11.6 billion yen.
- Mitsubishi stuck to an earlier forecast for a 73 per cent drop in full-year operating profit to 30 billion yen in the year to March.