Oci Co. on Wednesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 177.6 billion won ($151.8 million), up 2829.7 percent from a year earlier. The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 194.6 billion won in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 18.1 billion won a year ago. Sales rose 89.9 percent to 888.7 billion won. (Yonhap)