Samsung sold 500 handsets a minute and likely earned yet another record profit of $8.3 billion in its last quarter, according to its own earnings guidance report. Part of the haul is attributable to increased demand for flat screens it makes for mobile devices, including for Apple, but it is also partly due to the success of the Samsung Galaxy III, which is the world’s best-selling smartphone. Samsung’s run of five record quarters in a row is likely to come to an end in January–March because of lower seasonal demand. [Source: Reuters]