According to Reuters, profits rose at Sony (SNE) driven by camera sales. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) held a day with analysts and the press to show off its new technology and…
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkiw fell .5% to 16,285. Canon (CAJ) fell 2.6% to 5580. Sony (SNE) fell 1.4% to 5110. Toyota (TM) fell 1.5% to 5950. Yahoo Japan fell…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were mixed and Hong Kong was closed for a holiday. The Nikkei fell 1.7% to 16,814. Kobe Stell fell 3.7% to 422. Sony (SNE) fell 2% to 5320. Yahoo…
Douglas A. McIntyre New video game "Halo 3" was supposed to give sales of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360 game console a leg up. But, things got out of hand. According to MarketWatch, figures "from NPD…
The story is now as old as the hills. Sony (SNE) took a huge lead in the gaming business almost a decade ago and built it up with its PS2. It was…
Accoriding to Reuters, Sony (SNE) will launch a cheaper version of its PS3 in the US in hopes of taking market share from Microsoft (MSFT) and Nintendo. Reuters writes that British Air…
Shares in Asia were mixed with the Shanghai Composite off 3.5% to 5,825. The Nikkei rose .9% to 17,106. Sony (SNE) rose .6% to 5,430. Toyota (TM) rose 1.1% to 6350. The…
Markets in Asia were down. The Nikkei fell .8% to 17,331, Sony (SNE) was off 4.3% to 5530. Toyota (TM) fell 1.9% to 6560. The Hang Seng fell .8% to 28,893. China…
Nintendo’s stock hit another high. It is now the second largest company in Japan based on market cap. The cause for the current share price run-up is that the company has introduced…
In a move that may be meant to capitalize on shortages of the Nintendo Wii, Sony’s (SNE) game unit will reduce the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in Japan, and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nintendo says that it will not have enough Wii’s to go around for the holidays. The game console has been beating the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony (SNE) PS3 to death…
Sony (SNE) has cut the price of its Playstation 3 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It is also releasing a 40-gigabytes console version, which is aimed at the inexpensive Nintendo…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Hang Seng and Shanghai were closed for holidays. The Nikkei rose .3% to 16,847. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.2% to 162000. Sony (SNE) rose 1.4% to 6650. Douglas A. McIntyre
The FT writes that Nintendo is now the No.2 market cap company in Japan, trailing only Toyota (TM). While this may say something about the company’s video game platform sales lead over…
Markets in Asia were mixed and Hong Kong was closed for a holida. The Nikkei rose .2% to 16,426. Isuzu Motors rose 3.1% to 660. KDDI fell 2.5% to 822000. NTT (NTT)…
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