Sony Profit Spikes on Sales of Consumer Electronics
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Sharply higher quarterly profits are the latest sign that cost-cutting and the disposal of some units have set the electronics and entertainment giant firmly on the course to recovery.
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Sony Corp (6758.T), maker of PlayStation  game gear and Vaio PCs, posted a small rise in quarterly  operating profit and cut its outlook as weaker markets ate into  its investments and a firmer yen hurt overseas sales.
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Sony said its profit rose in the final three months of 2007, aided by robust sales of televisions and computer games.
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Microsoft Corp  posted a rise  in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by healthy demand for  personal computers loaded with its Windows operating system and  strong sales of its "Halo 3" video game.
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Profit soared at technology conglomerate Philips Electronics NV in the third quarter but sales of consumer electronics were weak and the outlook for computer chips is gloomy, the company said.
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co  reported a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, aided by strong international results and demand for computing, home theater and video gaming products.
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Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled  its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook  on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell  rival Sony Corp's PlayStation.
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Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant. said Thursday that its profit jumped 61.6 percent in the latest quarter on improved profitability in its mobile phone joint venture and gains in its movie business, led by "Spider-Man 2."
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MOBILE phone maker SonyEricsson reported a tripling in quarterly pre-tax profits yesterday as it benefited from an upsurge in demand for its camera phones.
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Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth biggest mobile phone maker, posted higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday as sales rose on increased demand for its phones.
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Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reports a tripling of its third quarter profit, driven by sales of new camera phones.
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TOKYO Sony on Thursday reported a 61 percent jump in net profit for the most recent quarter as &quot;Spider-Man 2&quot; pulled in money for the company&#39;s movie division, helping to conceal slides in its consumer electronics and video game businesses.
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Sony recorded a 61.6% jump in its net profit in the third quarter of this year thanks to the success of its entertainment and movie sectors, the firm said yesterday.
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Apple posted a quarterly profit today that more than quadrupled on skyrocketing sales of its iPod digital music players and strong demand for its PowerBook notebook PCs.
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Japan's Sony Corp  posted a 5.8 percent rise in quarterly operating profit thanks to strong digital camera sales, and it cut its annual outlook.
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Global consumer electronics giant Sony said its interim net profit more than doubled to 76.5 billion yen (720 million dollars), thanks in part to its popular movie Spider-Man 2.
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Sony Corp may report a rise in profit during the July-September period, led for the second consecutive quarter by its movie business, as producer of box-office hits such as