Canon fires into the black
 

Japanese snapper and printer maker Canon has predicted its first full-year operating profit will rise to 11.4 percent, which is its first rise in three years.

The profit is mostly thanks to earnings from a medical equipment unit it bought from Toshiba Corp last year.

The $5.8 billion acquisition of the unit, which makes X-ray scanners and eye examination machines, is part of Canon’s cunning plan to diversify as demand for its cameras, printers and copier machines wanes amid the spread of smartphones and paperless media.

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