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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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Kelly Olsen and Juro Osawa, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 10 at 5:30 am PT
After reporting a net loss of $5.7 billion for the last fiscal year — its fourth annual loss in a row — Sony Corp. said it expects to swing back to a profit this fiscal year as its consumer-electronics and component businesses recover.
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Miguel Bustillo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15 at 10:22 am PT
Best Buy on Saturday disclosed the 50 large stores it is closing as the struggling electronics retailer tries to shrink its massive footprint of about 1,100 big-box locations in the U.S.
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Lauren Goode in News on February 21 at 5:47 am PT
Samsung, currently the biggest LCD panel maker in terms of sales, will spin off its unprofitable LCD operations on April 1 into a new firm, called Samsung Display Co. As The Wall Street Journal
notes, analysts had widely expected the spinoff, as the LCD industry shrinks and the Korean electronics giant focuses more on higher-margin OLED screens for TV sets and tablets.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 8 at 12:54 pm PT
What better way to show your affection than with obscure tablets and daily deals?
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 17 at 3:12 pm PT
Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.
Lauren Goode in News on January 7 at 1:00 pm PT
One thing the annual Consumer Electronics Show is known for, electronics aside, is the smattering of celebrities roped into tech-product promotions.
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Lauren Goode in News on December 16, 2011 at 8:48 am PT
Reuters
reports that, according to sources, the A5 processor used in Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is made in a sprawling 1.6 million-square-foot Samsung Electronics factory in Austin, Texas. The Korean electronics giant began supplying the A5 processors to Apple this year from the Austin plant,
the story says. Both Apple and Samsung spokespersons declined to comment.
