77 Japanese Companies to Report Earnings on November 4
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Today is a big day for Japanese companies.
77 companies will show their earnings today.
Earnings are reports about money a company makes.
Big companies like IHI, Mitsubishi Corp, and NTT are on the list.
IHI makes machines and engines.
Mitsubishi Corp is a trading company. It buys and sells many things.
NTT is a telephone and internet company.
Many people watch these reports closely.
They want to know if companies made more or less money.
This happens every quarter in Japan.
A quarter is three months of the year.
On November 2, other companies also shared their numbers.
These companies were Sumitomo Corp, MOL, Kyocera, JAL, Sumitomo Chemical, and Nippon Ham.
Some companies also changed their forecast.
A forecast is a guess about the future.
Vocabulary15 words
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- earnings
- money a company makes
- reports
- papers with information
- quarter
- three months of a year
- forecast
- a guess about the future
- trading company
- a business that buys and sells many products
- list
- many names written together
- announce
- to tell people something
- result
- what happens after work is done
- schedule
- a plan of times for things
- financial
- about money
- profit
- money left after costs
- update
- new information
- investor
- a person who puts money into a company
- market
- a place where people buy and sell
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1. 77 2. Mitsubishi Corp 3. Three months
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Today is a big day for Japanese _____.
77 companies will show their _____ today.
Big companies like IHI, Mitsubishi Corp, and _____ are on the list.
NTT is a telephone and _____ company.
Many people watch these reports _____.
This happens every _____ in Japan.
On November 2, other companies also shared their _____.
Some companies also changed their _____.
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