Japan stocks ease as Sony drops, but banks support
Reuters India – TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese stocks eased after earlier gains on Friday, dragged down by Sony Corp, which lost more than 5 percent after the maker of PlayStation game gear and Vaio PCs cut its earnings outlook."Investors appear to be overselling Sony
XM Satellite Radio and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Reach Agreement on
MSN MoneyCentral – Agreement Marks XM's Third With a Major Music Company to Resolve Dispute Over XM Devices With Advanced Recording Features NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — XM Satellite Radio and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT today announced that they have
Racket? Diaper bag? It must be Davenport
San Diego Union-Tribune – The only other mother on the Sony Erickson WTA Tour is 19th-ranked Sybille Bammer of Austria. Of Davenport's run, Serena Williams said at the Australian Open, I mean, I'm speechless, because she looks better than me, and she's seven months out of
In the list of top-selling games, clear evidence of a sea change
International Herald Tribune – importance of the mass audience in gaming's spectacular growth is seen most clearly in the success of Nintendo's Wii, which is far outselling its more technically advanced hardware competitors, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 from Sony
Sharp profit up 5.5 percent on LCD panel demand
ZDNet – That more than offset steep TV price falls for Sharp–the world's third-largest LCD TV maker , behind Samsung Electronics and Sony –and higher silicon raw material prices that hurt profits at its solar-cell unit . Sharp is building the world's largest
Asian stocks mixed as investors weigh Wall Street's gains, China
Forbes – Sony Corp closed down 8.2 pct to 4,790 yen, after it missed third-quarter earnings estimates and lowered its outlook for the year. Top car electronics and electrical parts maker Denso Corp closed up 1.3 pct at 3,890 yen after reporting its net profit
Sony's new flagship SLR
CNET News – Sony announced its forthcoming"flagship"Alpha-branded SLR on Thursday at the Photo Marketing Association trade show in Las Vegas. Its chief defining feature so far is its use of a 24.8-megapixel sensor that's unusually large–the size of a full
Japan shares down on Sony, banks, U.S. job worries
Forbes – TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Japanese shares edged lower on Friday, hurt by worries about the U.S. economy ahead of key jobs data and a slide in Sony Corp (nyse: SNE – news – people ) shares to a 14-month low after the maker of PlayStation game gear cut
UPDATE 1-Transmeta says shareholder offers to buy company
Reuters – The Santa Clara, California-based company's biggest customers include NEC Electronics Corp (6723.T: Quote , Profile , Research ), Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T: Quote , Profile , Research ), Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) and Toshiba Corp (6502.T:
HSBC downgrades Sony to Neutral from Overweight
Reuters – TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Brokerage HSBC downgraded its rating on Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) to"neutral"from"overweight,"citing downside risks for the business year starting in April due to a weakening U.S. economy and a