AUTOS

Izusu Expects Return to Profitability: Isuzu Motors, in which General Motors Corp. has more than a one-third holding, intends to return to profit through drastic cost-cutting and other steps, senior managing director Hiromichi Matsuka said Friday. “In view of our earnings figures for the second half of this last fiscal year, our business is substantially recovering,” he told a news conference. Isuzu Friday reported a current loss of $91.8 million in the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, against a loss of $212 million a year earlier. The improvement was despite a slight decline in sales, to $10.5 billion from $10.8 billion.