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Gamer Sues World of Warcraft Maker for Ruining His Life...Estavillo has sued a gaming company, however. He sued Sony's PlayStation network for a violation of his First Amendment rights after he was banned during a game of Resistance: Fall of Man. A judge dismissed that case in September. He has... In this article: World of Warcraft, GameSpot, Suicide, First Amendment, Resistance: Fall of Man, Activision Blizzard, EverQuest, Blizzard, and Nintendo |
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PC World: Latest Technology News | November 19, 2009
Sony Plans PlayStation Expansion
...on Super Guides Sony is hoping to return its PlayStation business to profitability next year with the help of new hardware devices and expansion of its network-delivered services platform, it said Thursday. Efforts to get the games...
In this article: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Network, Blu-ray Disc, PlayStation Portable, Japan, UK, and Germany
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Metro | 3 days ago
Ryanair is named worst for families
...to turn their dream of a family holiday into a reality,' he added. Others at the bottom of the survey included Twitter, Royal Bank of Scotland and Sony's PlayStation. Marks & Spencer did best in the study of 1,500 people, followed by the...
In this article: Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, Twitter, PlayStation, and Royal Bank of Scotland
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South Florida Oracle | 3 days ago
Education funding should not go to TV and video games
...the poorer urban and rural parts of the U.S. Sony, The Entertainment Software Association and the private MacArthur Foundation are hosting competitions for educational video game development. One competition involves "the creation of new...
In this article: Sesame Street, American Association, University of Washington, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Discovery Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Entertainment Software Association
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display
...special glasses. Sony is targeting 20 percent global market share in the liquid-crystal display TV market and 1 trillion yen ($11 billion) in sales from 3D-related products by the fiscal year ending March 2013. Yoshioka said 3-D TVs...
In this article: Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Fiscal year, Tokyo, Joint venture, Walkman, Oleds, OLED TV, and Nintendo Co
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
Sony aims for 5 percent profit margin in 3 years
...2012. "We are a different Sony," Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer said, putting forward Sony's target for a 5 percent operating profit margin and a return on equity of 10 percent in the business year starting in April 2012. Sony,...
In this article: Tokyo, Lithium, Cyber-shot, and PlayStation
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EveryJoe | November 07, 2009
Dreamcast Game Brings It Back Old School
" No. Really. That was my reaction. While I was/am a huge Sega fan, I never bought a Dreamcast and instead stayed with my Sega until Sony released the Playstation at which time I jumped ship. I went on to get the PS2 and I've since...
In this article: Dreamcast, Sega, Hypertension, EBay, YouTube, PlayStation, and PS3
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MLB 09: Phillies Will Win World Series
...to predict the outcome. Phillies fans will be pleased. Sony's PlayStation Blog has used the company's baseball simulator, MLB 09 The Show to predict the outcome of the World Series. We're not ones to scoff at the ability of a video game to...
In this article: Phillies, World Series, MLB, Super Bowl, PlayStation Blog, Mets, and Yankees
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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:
- TYO: 6758
- Location:
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Founded:
- 1946 in Japan
- Stock Symbol:
- SNE
- Industry:
- Consumer electronics
- Entertainment
- Services:
- Financial services
- Key People:
- Howard Stringer,
- Products:
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- Chemicals
- Blu-Ray
- Semiconductor
- Communication & information-related equipments
- Sony Music
- Battery
- PlayStation
- Consumer & professional electronic equipments
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Electronic devices & components
- Revenue:
- ¥7.730 trillion / $79.618 billion
- Operating Income:
- ¥ −227.8 billion / $2.087 billion
- Net Income:
- ¥ −98.9 billion / $1.019 billion
- Assets:
- $230.5 billion
- Equity:
- $50 billion
- No. of Employees:
- 180,500
- Subsidiaries:
- List of the subsidiaries
- Market Cap:
- US$ 50 Billion (2009)
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