Panasonic financial report: System Camera sales increased.

Panasonic just released the full first quarter financial results (pdf file here). The first good news is that Panasonic is writing black numbers and recovering from the crisis they had the past years (just like any other electronic company had).

There is no much info about the Digital camera Business but the news are good:

Although sales in Europe were down due to weaker sales in TVs and DSCs as well as the impact of political instability in Ukraine, sales in the other regions increased from last year.
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In the challenging businesses such as DSCs and mobile phones, profitability improved due to the impact of new products and cutbacks in products.