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Sony, Panasonic in TV Tie-Up Talks

Daisuke Wakabayashi in News on May 15 at 10:49 am PT

Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are in talks to jointly develop or produce next-generation flat-panel television sets, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday, in a move that aims to defray the heavy cost of manufacturing a new display technology.

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Panasonic Posts Record Annual Net Loss

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 11 at 5:30 am PT

Panasonic Corp. said Friday its net loss in the fiscal fourth quarter grew more than tenfold from a year earlier, as ongoing struggles at its television operations and a tax-related charge pushed the Japanese electronics conglomerate to its biggest annual loss in its 77-year history.

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Nintendo Records $531.1 Million Annual Loss

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 26 at 8:43 am PT

Nintendo Co. posted its first annual loss in more than three decades, dragged down by the strong yen and price cuts for the company’s Wii game console and 3DS hand-held system.

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Sony Projects Deeper Loss

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Hiroyuki Kachi, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 10 at 10:02 am PT

Sony Corp. slashed its earnings outlook for the fourth time in less than a year, warning that it now expects a ¥520 billion ($6.4 billion) loss for the past fiscal year because of a tax-related charge from continued losses at the Japanese company’s U.S. operations.

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How Japan’s Sharp Lost Its Edge

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Juro Osawa, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 20 at 1:37 pm PT

Sharp Corp.’s domestic liquid-crystal-display factories once made the company a source of pride for Japan’s electronics sector.

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Sony Swings to Loss, Slashes Full-Year Forecast

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 2 at 6:10 am PT

Sony Corp. said Thursday it veered into a fiscal third-quarter net loss of more than $2 billion and forecast a much wider full-year loss than previously expected, dragged down by losses in its television business and the impact of the strong yen on its European operations.

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Sony Promotes Hirai to President

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 1 at 2:30 am PT

Sony Corp. said Wednesday it tapped Kazuo Hirai, a veteran of its PlayStation videogame business, to be the company’s next president and chief executive officer, in a move expected to accelerate a network strategy to align its consumer electronics with content and services.

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Nintendo Swings to Loss

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 26 at 1:40 am PT

Grappling with a sluggish debut for its new hand-held game system and petering demand for its flagship home console, Nintendo Co. swung to a loss for the first nine months of its fiscal year and scaled back sales forecasts for its 3DS portable system and Wii.

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Olympus Coverup Spooks Investors

Phred Dvorak and Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on November 9, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Olympus Corp.’s admission that it hid investment losses raised as many questions as it answered: not just about the full extent of the scandal, but even about the viability of the 92-year-old company.

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Sony Nears Deal to Buy Out Ericsson From Joint Venture

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 6, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

In a sign of the central role smartphones will play in its future consumer-electronics strategy, Sony Corp. is nearing a deal to buy out Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson’s stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to people familiar with the matter.