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In this Jan. 28, 2010 photo, shoppers check Sony products at ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:03:45 GMT

(AP) - In this Jan. 28, 2010 photo, shoppers check Sony products at a store in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese manufacturing icon, known for products like the PlayStation 3 game console, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, said its net profit for the October-December quarter jumped to 79.2 billion yen ($861 million) from 10.4 billion yen a year earlier. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Shoppers pass by Sony advertisements as they ride on escalators ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:39:04 GMT

(AP) - Shoppers pass by Sony advertisements as they ride on escalators at a store in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The Japanese manufacturing icon, known for products like the PlayStation 3 game console, said Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, its net profit for the October-December quarter jumped to 79.2 billion yen ($861 million) from 10.4 billion yen a year earlier. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A sign is seen atop the headquarters building of Japan's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:11:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - A sign is seen atop the headquarters building of Japan's electronics giant Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony announced an October-December net profit of 870 million dollars, a result it said "significantly exceeded expectations".(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

A couple look at Sony Corp's portable music players at an ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:16:49 GMT

(Reuters) - A couple look at Sony Corp's portable music players at an electronics store in Tokyo February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

A woman walks past a Sony Corp flat-screen TV at the company's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:35:49 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks past a Sony Corp flat-screen TV at the company's headquarters in Tokyo January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A man looks at Sony Corp's flat panel televisions displayed ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:20:24 GMT

(Reuters) - A man looks at Sony Corp's flat panel televisions displayed at an electronics shop in Tokyo in this January 29, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

A couple look at Sony Corp's portable music players at an ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:54:23 GMT

(Reuters) - A couple look at Sony Corp's portable music players at an electronics store in Tokyo February 4, 2010. Japanese electronics maker Sony will report its third quarter earnings on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman looks at Sony Corp's Bravia televisions displayed ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:53:19 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman looks at Sony Corp's Bravia televisions displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo February 4, 2010. Japanese electronics maker Sony will report its third quarter earnings on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman looks at Sony Corp's products at an electronics ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:52:14 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman looks at Sony Corp's products at an electronics store in Tokyo February 4, 2010. Japanese electronics maker Sony will report its third quarter earnings on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

A woman walks down a staircase surrounded by advertisements ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:51:10 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks down a staircase surrounded by advertisements of Sony Corp's Bravia televisions at an electronics store in Tokyo February 4, 2010. Japanese electronics maker Sony will report its third quarter earnings on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, former Japan Airlines ...

(AP) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:26:01 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, former Japan Airlines President Haruka Nishimatsu bows during a news conference in Tokyo, shortly after Japan's flagship carrier filed for bankruptcy in one of the nation's largest corporate failures. The problems that confront Toyota, Sony and JAL differ, but experts say their struggles have some common themes: the perils of global expansion, a tendency to embrace the status quo, and smugness bred from success or a too-big-to-fail mentality. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Sony Corp unveils its Aiwa brand's portable MP3 music player ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:01:17 GMT

(Reuters) - Sony Corp unveils its Aiwa brand's portable MP3 music player UZ-PS128 in Tokyo in this January 14, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg smiles during a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:21:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg smiles during a photo opportunity at an unveiling of the new XPERIA phone in Tokyo January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Models show off the new smart phone "Xperia" by Sony ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:09:37 GMT

(AFP) - Models show off the new smart phone "Xperia" by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications in Tokyo. Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. Thursday said it will launch Sony Ericsson's Xperia smart phone in April, in a direct challenge to heavyweight Apple's iPhone handsets.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)

Visitors play the Sony video game MAG for PlayStation 3 during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:19:40 GMT

(Reuters) - Visitors play the Sony video game MAG for PlayStation 3 during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles June 2, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

The new XPERIA phone, manufactured by Japan's NTT DoCoMo ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:20:32 GMT

(Reuters) - The new XPERIA phone, manufactured by Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Sony Ericsson, is demonstrated during an unveiling in Tokyo January 21, 2010. Sony Ericsson, a cell phone joint venture between Sony Corp and Ericsson, has no plans to delay the launch of a phone that runs Google Inc's Android operating system in China, the Nordberg said on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN ) REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

Japan's NTT DoCoMo President and Chief Executive Officer ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:19:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo President and Chief Executive Officer Ryuji Yamada (L) and Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg show off their new XPERIA phones during a photo opportunity at an unveiling in Tokyo January 21, 2010. Sony Ericsson, a cell phone joint venture between Sony Corp and Ericsson, has no plans to delay the launch of a phone that runs Google Inc's Android operating system in China, Nordberg said on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

Japan's NTT DoCoMo President and Chief Executive Officer ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:17:16 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo President and Chief Executive Officer Ryuji Yamada (L) points to the new Xperia phone held by Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg during a photo opportunity at an unveiling in Tokyo January 21, 2010. Sony Ericsson, a cell phone joint venture between Sony Corp and Ericsson, has no plans to delay the launch of a phone that runs Google Inc's Android operating system in China, Nordberg said on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

File photo shows a man trying a game on Sony's Playstation ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:15:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a man trying a game on Sony's Playstation 3 console. Sony said it would launch its new "motion controller" for the PlayStation 3 video game console in late 2010, in a fresh challenge to rival Nintendo's hit Wii console.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)

Director George Lucas and the Sony 24p digital camera he used ...

(Yahoo! Movies Photos) — Fri, 10 May 2002 18:43:22 GMT

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