Sony apologizes for battery recall

Sony apologizes for battery recall

By Yukari Iwatani Kane

The Wall Street Journal Europe

25 Oct 2006



TOKYO—Two months after a defect in Sony Corp.’s laptop batteries sparked mass recalls world-wide, company executives finally gave a detailed explanation of what went wrong in an effort to put the issue behind them before the all-important holiday... read more...

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Sony’s shares weather revision in profit forecast

Sony’s shares weather revision in profit forecast
By Jamie Miyazaki
The Wall Street Journal Europe
23 Oct 2006

TOKYO—Shares of Sony Corp. fell 0.8% Friday after the company lowered its full-year profit forecast due to costs of a massive battery recall and projected losses at its games business. But the extent of the decline suggested the impact of the earnings... read more...

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Sony cuts profit forecast as battery costs mount

Sony cuts profit forecast as battery costs mount
By Andrew Morse and Yukari Iwatani Kane
The Wall Street Journal Europe
20 Oct 2006

TOKYO— Sony Corp. slashed its full-year profit forecast 38% in the wake of continuing battery and game-player woes, calling into question the success of turnaround efforts at the electronics icon. Sony said it will take a charge of 51 billion yen... read more...

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aiming for the Zune

aiming for the Zune

Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
04 Oct 2006

Microsoft’s Zune music player looks a lot like an iPod, acts a lot like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod. The software giant said last week that it will charge $US249.99 ($336) for the device, signalling that it is not planning to spark... read more...

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Siemens to set up fund for ex-unit

Siemens to set up fund for ex-unit
By Mike Esterl
The Wall Street Journal Europe
03 Oct 2006

MUNICH— Siemens AG of Germany said it will create a OE35 million ($44.5 million) fund to benefit workers of a unit that the engineering giant no longer owns, in an unusual move to quiet a spreading political firestorm on its home soil. The company said... read more...

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