It’s fair to say that things couldn’t have got any worse financially for Taiwan’s HTC after it posted a mere $2.88 million in profit in Q1 2013. But it appears the worst may be over as the phone maker took its first step back to respectability after announcing NT$29 billion (US$ 970 million) in revenue for May 2013. That figure is still 3 percent lower than May 2012, but it’s close to double 50 percent more than the NT$19.5 billion ($652 million) that the company grossed in April and represents its best month of business since June 2012. In news that perhaps overshadows the financial results, Bloomberg reports that COO Matthew Costello has become the latest C-level exec to leave his role. It isn’t clear if Costello was fired or left of his own accord – see below for more on other recent departures, and here for more on Costello’s exit.