Perhaps Sony (SNE) should not feel so bad about all of those faulty PC batteries that it made. This AM Nokia (NOK) announced that as many as 46 million handsets had Matsushita…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .3% to 16,845. Sony (SNE) wsa down 1% to 5670. Toyota (TM) was down .1% to 7060. The Hang Seng was up a…
One very popular video game is only available on the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox. Halo, a violent space game, has sold 15 million units of its first two versions, according to The New…
Microsoft (MSFT) is cutting the price of its most popular version of the Xbox 360 by $50 to $349. Sales of the game console have been weak as the Nintendo Wii continues…
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei was up a fraction to 16,922. Sony (SNE) was up 1.2% to 5990. Toyota (TM) was up 1% to 7250. The Hang Seng was up…
Markets in Asia were down with the exception of Shanghai. The Nikkei fell .4% to 16,914. Canon (CAJ) was off 2.3% to 6370. Sony (SNE) was down 3.8% to 5820. Toyota (TM)…
The Nintendo Wii has done it to Sony (SNE) again. During July, the Wii outsold the new PS3 in Japan by a margin of four to one. According to Reuters, Nintendo sold…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei rose .7% to 16,984. Canon (CAJ) was upp 3.3% to 6540. Honda (HMC) was down 1.7% to 4170. Sony (SNE) was down 1.3% to 6010.…
Markets in Asia were off sharply. The Nikkei fell 2.2% to 16,871.Sony (SNE) fell 2.9% to 6130. Toyota (TM) fell 1.4% to 7100. The Hang Seng was off 2.7% to 22,568. China…
The CFO of Sony (SNE) said to the FT that about 40% of its net profit in the June quarter came from a weaker-than-expected yen. Earnings were extremely modest anyway. The company…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, ABN Amro (ABN) has withdrawn support for a bid from Barclays (BCS) Reuters writes that Liberty Media (LCACA) may make a bid for UK cable company Virgin Media. Reuters…
At a meeting with analysts and the press, Microsoft (MSFT) made its counter-intuitive case. The world’s largest software company intends to keep diversifying into internet advertising and hardware device, whether investor like…
According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) CEO defended the company’s move heyond the desktop. Reuters writes that Amgen (AMGN) turned in better than expected results as several key drugs did well. Reuters reports…
Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei was off 2.4% to 17,284. Canon (CAJ) was off 5.5% to 6510. Honda (HMC) was down 2.5% to to 4910. Sony (SNE) was up 1.1%…
Sony’s (SNE) results for the quarter were just fine. According to MarketWatch: The company’s net profit more than doubled in the fiscal first-quarter because of a weaker yen against the U.S. dollar…
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