TOKYO - Pretax profits at Japanese companies in October to December fell 2.8 percent from a year earlier, marking the first decline in eight quarters, hurt by surging energy and raw material costs even as capital spending continued to grow in a positive sign for the economy, government data showed Thursday.
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