Sony swings to profit on electronics
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Sony Corp  swung to a quarterly operating profit as it booked strong sales of personal computers and digital cameras and benefited from a weaker yen, and it raised its full-year forecast by 2 percent.
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The electronics retailer said it swung to a third-quarter profit, overcoming lower revenue by cutting costs and selling more high-margin items.
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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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Sony Corp  swung to a quarterly operating profit as robust sales of digital cameras and camcorders helped offset videogame losses, and it raised its annual outlook that exceeds market expectations.
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TOKYO -- Just when Sony appears to have turned around its electronics business, another part of its sprawling empire _ video games _ is dragging down profits.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) swung to a  better-than-expected quarterly operating profit on Thursday,  propelled by robust sales of flat TVs and gains from mobile  phone joint venture with Ericsson (ERICb.ST), and raised its  annual forecast by 30 percent.
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The companyâs third-quarter profit beat expectations, lifted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of video game consoles and GPS devices.
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After months of speculation, Sony had good news for gamers yesterday when it revealed that its new handheld game console will go on sale for 19,800 yen (Â£100), cheaper than many analysts predicted.
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Royal Philips Electronics said net profit rose to $2.16 billion in the second quarter on the sale of its stake in a Taiwanese semiconductor company, but that exchange rates hurt sales.
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MUMBAI: Electronics and entertainment major Sony has reported a 61 per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter ended 30 September.. Sony&#39;s net income rose to 53.2 billion yen ($500 million) from
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Most major Japanese electronics makers reported improved earnings for the third quarter on Thursday as cost cutting pushed up profitability and demand surged for new digital products.
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Sony Corp. on Thursday cut its operating  profit estimate for this business year by 31 percent, citing  sharply falling prices of televisions, video cameras and other  key consumer electronics products, and weak demand for chips.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on  Wednesday posted a quarterly profit 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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Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson more than tripled its third-quarter pretax profits, gained market share on booming demand for its camera phones and
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Sony Corp. posted a 13 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday due to sliding prices of TVs, DVD recorders and video cameras and its failure to overtake Apple Computer's iPod in the portable audio market.
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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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