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Unlike Honda, which builds most of the cars it sells here in North America, 40% of the cars Toyota sells in the U.S. are imported, which hurts profitability when the dollar is weak.

And Ford announced it will cut production of its highest-profit vehicles, trucks and SUVs in the third quarter, which will likely further hurt profitability.

Thirdly, weaker growth prospects are hurting profitability.

Its investment banking unit has continued to struggle and the stricter capital requirements have hurt profitability.

Mr. Kato said that tepid sales of TVs, especially in the United States, Sony's biggest market, were hurting profitability most at the manufacturer.

"If you burden the new technology with the regulations designed for the old, you will impede deployment, impede growth and hurt profitability," he said.

Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has sold out of 73 companies in the past year because their social or environmental policies could hurt profitability.

Concerns that more than a year of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve will hurt profitability, particularly in the technology sector, continued to dog Wall Street, analysts said.

The world's biggest paper maker, Stora Enso, said the drop in the value of the United States dollar and higher costs would hurt profitability this quarter.

The bank said earnings were weighed down by anemic growth and a drop in revenue in its major markets, as well as by low interest rates worldwide that hurt profitability.

"But it also raises serious concerns that the internal shock of these rate hikes will curtail any growth there is in the short term, and in turn hurt profitability of any companies who do business in these markets".