Samsung Electronics' operating profit beats market expectations in Q1

SEOUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, South Korea's tech behemoth, saw its first-quarter operating profit beat market expectations, regulatory filing data showed Tuesday. Operating profit amounted to 6.4 trillion won (5.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-March quarter, up 2.7 percent from a year earlier. It was down 10.6 percent from the previous quarter. Revenue grew 4.9 percent over the year to 55 trillion won (44.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter, but it declined 8.1 percent compared with...