Sony

Sony Corporation originated with an electronics shop set up in 1946 in Tokyo, and was officially christened Sony in 1958. Sony gained a reputation for innovation with the launch of the Betamax videocassette recording format and the introduction of the Walkman in 1979. Although its market share has been eroded by products from Samsung Electronics and Apple.

COMMENT

Why plunging yen is bad news for Japan Inc's health

17 May 2013

The smile on Kazuo Hirai's face shows why the yen's drop below 100 to the US dollar is as much a curse for Japan as a blessing. Sony's 43 billion yen (HK$3.26 billion) profit for the fiscal year...

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Going with the movies: Sony shares soar after rebuff

16 May 2013

Loeb's Third Point hedge fund asked Sony, which had seen its market value shrink almost 90 per cent from its peak, to sell as much as 20 per cent of its entertainment business in an initial public...

4:27AM

Big Sony options action before Loeb stake raises eyebrows

15 May 2013

A surge in option market bets on Sony just before a large hedge fund investor announced a big stake and called for a major restructuring of the company has raised concerns that some traders may...

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Google inks music service deals with Sony, Universal: report

15 May 2013

Google has signed licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to launch a subscription music service that would compete with fast-growing start-up Spotify, according to...

12:03PM

Sony revival hinges on smartphones

9 May 2013

Sony forecast a drop in sales of cameras and game machines this fiscal year as its consumer gadget business struggles despite a rebound in profit to five-year highs and a boost from the weak yen...

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Talking points

9 May 2013

Ferry captains back in court

4:45AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Sony executives give up bonuses after losses

Sony executives will give up their bonuses after firm's main electronics business was unprofitable for a second year.

7:03AM

Lenovo, NEC ties grow with smartphone talks

Just a year after re-entering China's mobile market, faded Japanese electronics giant NEC is in rumored talks to sell its mobile phone business to Chinese computer giant Lenovo.

2:17PM

Sony chairman Howard Stringer to step down in June

He announced his departure in New York in a speech at the Japan Society on Friday, which was confirmed by Tokyo-based Sony on Sunday. His retirement will come at an annual general shareholders’...

2:02PM

Talking points

Pan-democrat lawmakers move a Legislative Council motion demanding an investigation into claims by a former ally of Leung Chun-ying about the chief executive's conduct.

4:12AM

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Sony selling New York head office for US$1.1b

Sony yesterday said it was selling its US headquarters in Manhattan, New York, for US$1.1 billion as part of an overhaul aimed at rescuing the Japanese consumer electronics giant's tattered...

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Business Digest, January 2, 2013