Sony game unit says plans to cut jobs in U.S.
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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. .
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SANTA MONICA, California  - Sony Corp. is likely  to cut its PlayStation 3 price again by year-end following this  week's $100 cut, a senior executive at Japanese game software  maker Capcom Co. Ltd. said.
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Sony Corp. plans to retreat from the plasma television business and focus its efforts in the flat-screen TV market on liquid crystal display and rear-projection models, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported on Monday.
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The firm behind video game Grand Theft Auto says it will cut jobs to reduce by costs by $25m a year by 2008.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) gaming chief Kaz  Hirai hopes to turn a profit on the PlayStation 3 console  business in the entertainment conglomerate's next fiscal year,  fueled in part by falling costs for the parts used to make the  device.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) expects a sharp  increase in the number of games released for the PlayStation 3  this business year, in a move that should help the game  console&#39;s slumping sales, the Nikkei business daily quoted the  head of Sony&#39;s game division as saying in an interview.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 13--TOKYO -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will sharply reduce capital  expenditures for its semiconductor operations over the next three years as  part of its efforts to focus on money-making products.
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Sony Corp.  cut the price  of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United  States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game  console's lackluster sales.
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Appliance maker Whirlpool Corp.  said on Tuesday it plans to cut jobs at some U.S. plants and expand production at others.
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Sony Corp. said Thursday that it will stop selling the two original PlayStation 3 models in Japan and focus on the new slimmed down version amid fierce competition from rival Nintendo Co.
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Sony Corp.  plans to  phase out the cut-priced $499 model of its PlayStation 3 video  game machine, leaving only a higher capacity $599 model for  sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.
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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.
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Sony Corp.&#39;s (6758.T) 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. (7974.OS).
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) will cut back on  future chip spending and may not produce advanced "cell"  microchips used in its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game gear in-house  as it seeks better returns on its investments, a senior  executive said on Tuesday.
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Walt Disney Co. on Friday said it would cut jobs in its animation unit as the media company sought to be flexible in timing of its films.
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Sony Computer Entertainment plans to cut jobs in the U.S. and may restructure Japan operations.
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Sony Corp. plans to cut capital expenditures at its semiconductor operations by a "large amount," a company executive said Tuesday, weeks after the electronics giant reported a drop in profits for the latest quarter.