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Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty...cars. Sony is expecting its second straight annual loss for the fiscal year through March 2010 - hurt by sliding prices, the global slowdown and the absence of blockbusters products like Apple Inc.'s iPod or Nintendo Co.'s Wii. It has... In this article: Sony, Kazuo Hirai, Fiscal year, Tokyo, Samsung Electronics Co., Walkman, Cyber-shot, Sharp Corp., and Nintendo Co |
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | 7 days ago
Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top [Charts]
...laptops and netbooks covered by its warranty plans for the study. Brands with a minimum of 1000 laptops included Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Sony, and Toshiba. Accidental damage and software issues handled by the retailer...
In this article: Asus, Toshiba, Laptop, Netbooks, Acer, Lenovo, Gateway, Dell, and Apple
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eWEEK Technology News | 5 days ago
Asus, Toshiba Have Lowest Failure Rates, Says Study
...Rates, Says Study Laptops from Asus and Toshiba, followed by Sony and Apple, had the lowest failure rates of the nine manufacturers included in a report from Square Trade, a provider of electronics warranties. Hewlett-Packard, which is...
In this article: Asus, Toshiba, SquareTrade, Laptops, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, All rights reserved, Trademark, and Web-based
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PC World: Latest Technology News | November 12, 2009
Windows 7 Copied from Mac? Don't Flatter Yourself
...to the Windows vs. Mac debate. The root of portable music players is the Sony Walkman. Does that imply that Apple 'copied' Sony when it created the iPod? No. What Apple did was create and innovate a new device that is built on the combined...
In this article: Apple, Microsoft, NeXT, Mac OS X, Steve Jobs, Walkman, and Nextstep
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Times Online | 4 days ago
Sony raises its game to bring 3D entertainment alive
...movie divisions rarely added any value to each other. Sony continues to smart financially and psychologically from its failure to prevent Apple conquering the market for portable digital music players, a mistake that Sir Howard blames on Sony's...
In this article: Electric car, Revenue, Outsourcing, Lithium, Fitch, PlayStation3, and Samsung
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washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2009
New invention addresses lithium battery fires
...selling the technology to major laptop and phone manufacturers. Potential customers include Sony Corp, Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co, Acer Inc, Apple, Nokia Corp, and others. ITRI has applied for 29 patents in the United States, Taiwan,...
In this article: Lithium, Taiwan, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Acer Inc, Dell Inc, Apple, Nokia Corp, and Sony Corp
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AP Online | 5 days ago
Sony chief executive outlines turnaround plan
Tokyo-based Sony has fallen behind amid intensifying global competition from Apple Inc. of the U.S. with its iPod, South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., from which Sony buys TV panels, and Japanese rival Nintendo Co., which makes the Wii.
In this article: Sony Corp., Fiscal year, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Co, Wii, Tokyo, Samsung Electronics Co., Michael Jackson, and Walkman
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AppleInsider | 4 days ago
Sony announces iTunes competitor for music, movies, books
...company has attempted to shift away from its low-margin hardware business. In 2005, Sony lured Apple executive Tim Schaaff away from the Cupertino, Calif., company. He was named Sony's senior vice president of software development. Sony...
In this article: Itunes, Apple, Iphone, PlayStation Network, BusinessWeek, PlayStation Portable, and Google
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BusinessWeek Online | 4 days ago
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes Japan November 19, 2009, 10:11AM EST Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for...
In this article: Apple, Itunes, Fiscal year, PlayStation Network, PlayStation 3, Tokyo, Revenue, and Walkman
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Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) (TYO: 6758) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding ¥ 7.730.0 trillion, or $78.88 billion U.S. (FY2008). Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound.
Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. The company's current slogan is make.believe.
- Name:
- Sony Corporation
- Type:
- Public
- Location:
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Founded:
- 1946 in Japan
- Stock Symbol:
- SNE
- Industry:
- Consumer electronics
- Entertainment
- Services:
- Internet service
- Key People:
- Howard Stringer,
- Products:
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- Semiconductor
- Blu-Ray
- Chemicals
- PlayStation
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Sony Music
- Communication & information-related equipments
- Consumer & professional electronic equipments
- Electronic devices & components
- Battery
- Revenue:
- ¥ 7.730 trillion ($78.877 billion U.S. (Fiscal Year Ended 31 March 2009)
- Operating Income:
- ¥ −227.8 billion
- Net Income:
- ¥ −98.9 billion
- Assets:
- US$ 230.5Billion (2009)
- Equity:
- US$ 50 Billion (2009)
- No. of Employees:
- 180,500 (as of March 2008)
- Subsidiaries:
- List of the subsidiaries
- Market Cap:
- US$ 50 Billion (2009)
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