Sony, Canon to shine as Japan elec makers report
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Canon Inc.  (7751.T) are expected to deliver strong results as Japanese  electronics makers gear up for quarterly earnings this week,  driven by robust digital camera sales and a softer yen.
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TOKYO/SEOUL  - Japan's Canon Inc. said on Thursday  it had found problems with equipment for making liquid crystal  displays (LCDs), boosting shares in LG.Philips and other LCD  makers as fears of a supply glut eased.
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Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corporation announced Tuesday that they will establish a joint venture in October to develop the next-generation flat-screen Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display (or SED) panels.
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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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Japanese electronics firm looks to expand agreements with Wal-Mart, Costco to boost total sales. TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s Sony Corp.
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Japanese stocks closed higher on Monday  for the first time in three sessions as Canon Inc. and others  jumped after posting solid earnings, with sentiment also  supported by a drop in crude oil prices.
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Sony's financial unit will be allowed to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange beginning Oct. 11 in an offering worth up to $3.12 billion, the company said Tuesday.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Canon Inc. 7751.T said on   Tuesday it will start mass production of ultra-thin   energy-conserving TVs in early 2008, defying predictions that   steep price falls in flat-screen TVs would make it tough to   roll out the new technology.
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Electronics giant Sony has reported a fall in profits, in contrast to strong gains seen by Matsushita and Canon. Sony, which blamed a fall in sales of televisions and portable audio players, saw half-year
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Canon Inc. , the world's top  camera and copier maker, said on Monday it will spend 30  billion yen ($253.5 million) on a research facility to develop  new factory automation and other technology to cut production  costs.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Sony Corp  is performing well but is concerned about the strength of the Japanese yen, Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer said on Friday.
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Sony said quarterly net profit jumped to 73.7 billion yen, or $646.7 million, as sales of digital cameras, televisions and other electronics more than offset losses at its video-games unit.
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Japanese electronics makers JVC   and Funai Electric Co Ltd  will jointly develop and  supply LCD televisions, the latest move as the sector  consolidates in quest of economies of scale.
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TOKYO - Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc said Tuesday it will begin selling a personal digital assistant Sept 25 equipped with an organic electroluminescent display, a next-generation monitor.
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Japan's Canon Inc. said it posted a record profit for the three months to September due to strong overseas demand for digital cameras, especially in Europe, and revised up its full-year earnings forecast.
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Capacity at Japanese plant to increase 7.5% to meet demand from digital camera, cell phone makers. TOKYO  - Toshiba Corp.
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THREE JAPANESE GIANTS will team up to create a company to manufacture and sell LCD panels into the flat panel TV market. Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita hope to get the JV rolling by January 2005.