The turnaround the Sony (NYSE: SNE) promised is already on track. The Japanese electronics company has released a Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android powered watch. The “SmartWatch” can be connected to the internet,…
Another new fiscal year, another new strategic plan. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has a new chief executive, and he means to prove that the collapse of the company is only temporary. The description…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) says it will eliminate 10,000 jobs and retool the company for growth. (Reuters) Exports from Japan improve. (Reuters) The Fed’s Beige Book reports concern about energy costs. (Reuters) The World…
The Sony (NYSE: SNE) train wreck continues. The Japanese company has appointed a new CEO and will fire 10,000 workers. But annual earnings for the fiscal year are much worse than expected. Sony…
Charles Blahous, a George Mason University research fellow, reports that the new health care law could add $530 billion to the deficit. (Washington Post) Fed Chairman Bernanke says many banks need larger…
The Sony (NYSE: SNE) train wreck continues. The Japanese company has appointed a new CEO and will fire 10,000 workers. But, annual earnings for the year which just ended are much worse…
Douglas A. McIntyre AT&T (NYSE: T) cannot fire workers it does not want. Sony (NYSE: SNE) easily can fire its unwanted workers. Leverage is at the heart of employee power, now that the recession has ended and companies…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) to fire 10,000 people as its tries to improve its long-term profit growth. (Nikkei) The number of U.S. public jobs continues to fall along with tax receipts. (Reuters) Iraq…
Oil traders are skittish. A little bit of news about crude supply or demand can trigger a frenzy of trades. That happened again as China said it will increase energy imports this…
Microsoft scored a hit in video game sales during 2011. According to MarketWatch, The Xbox 360 from Microsoft was the best-selling home videogame console last year in the U.S. market, moving a…
The smartphone wars have heated up as the industry’s leaders gather in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. Most of the companies that currently run behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in smartphone market share…
The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing…
Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) new CEO Kazuo Hirai says the way for the company to turn around is to use the successful Playstation model. The PS3 is a gaming console, internet device, and entertainment…
An monthly rite among tech reporters is to cover the NPD Group video game data. The information shows which of the three large console companies–Micorosft, with its Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony which makes the…
Sometime next week, the US Department of Justice is expected to give its stamp of approval to Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) and…
