Sony turns job axe on the US
212141
Reports operating loss of $1.91bn Sony has confirmed it intends to cut jobs at its Computer Entertainment Unit in the US, just two months after it announced plans to slash eight per cent of its European workforce.â¦
499068
Audi, the luxury car unit of Volkswagen, said it had sacked its US head Axel Mees with immediate effect because it was dissatisfied with its business development in the United States.
215394
By Evening Standard, London  Jan. 31--Electronics giant Sony is heading for a $2 billion (Â£1.01  billion) loss in its video games division after the surprise success of rival  Nintendo's Wii console.
427796
TOKYO -- Sony's U.S. video-game unit is cutting jobs to become more competitive, the company said Thursday, as the PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo.
87454
WASHINGTON -- Sony Corp. is set to take over Hollywood film giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) for about 5 billion dollars, Sony officials said Monday.
381755
Sony's U.S. video-game unit is cutting jobs to become more competitive, the company said Thursday, as the PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo.
35744
Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Thursday it  would stop shipments of PlayStation 3 models with 20- and  60-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drives in Japan this month, focusing  instead on the 40-GB model.
662107
Its proprietary audio technology was a flop, says Sony, as it announces at a Berlin consumer electronics trade fair it will shutter its Connect digital music store and open its portable media players to other formats.
429335
Sony is now $399 away from giving PlayStation 3 consoles away.
703390
Sony Corp. is introducing a new version of its PlayStation 3 console in North America in August and cutting the price of the current 60G-byte model by US$100 from Monday, it said.
43302
Sharp says it will withdraw its Linux-based PDA, the Zaurus SL6000, from the US market. Both Sony and Toshiba have already stopped selling their personal digital assistants in the United States.
191980
Sharp Electronics plans to stop selling its Linux-based personal digital assistant (PDA) in the US, reports Associated Press. The company will continue to
553332
It has been an annus horribilis for Sony. The Japanese electronics company has been hit with a string of embarrassments that have dented its reputation for quality.
18240
Sony Corp.'s  game unit said on Thursday it planned to cut jobs in the United States and was eyeing restructuring steps in Japan as it struggles to keep up with industry rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. .
404319
Sony Corporation, the worldâs second largest consumer electronic maker, was forced to use Russian cargo planes to fly the new version of its PlayStation 2 games console to Europe after an incident in the Suez Canal disrupted its schedule of Christmas
542475
Sony Corp.&#39;s (6758.T) game unit said on  Thursday it plans to cut jobs in the United States, but the  scale and timing of the cut have not been decided.
168157
Blog: The recent stories like this one out of the Sony camp are becoming pathetic at best.  The company who formerly touted its dominance over the video game industry is left touting a 50,000 unit sale for March and a sales lead "for every week, except for the