DL E and C Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 40.6 billion won (US$29.8 million), up 14.4 percent from a year earlier. The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 32.6 billion won in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 71.9 billion won a year ago. Revenue rose 5.1 percent to 2.07 trillion won. The earnings fell behind market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts stood at 56.7 billion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency. Source: Yonhap News Agency