Sony
June 30, 2012
LOS ANGELES--A group led by Sony Corp. said on June 29 it has purchased Britain's EMI Music Publishing for $2.2 billion from Citigroup, creating the world's largest music...
June 25, 2012
Long-time Japanese rivals Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are working together to develop next-generation TV panels called OLEDs in a reversal of decades of rivalry as they try...
June 25, 2012
Japan, June 25, 2012 -- Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and Panasonic Corporation (“Panasonic”) today announced that they have signed an agreement regarding the joint...
June 23, 2012
Olympus Corp. and Sony Corp. have entered final negotiations for a capital and business tie-up intended to turn around the fortunes of the once-prestigious companies.
June 22, 2012
Olympus Corp. will soon enter into final negotiations with Sony Corp. for a capital tie-up with an injection of 50 billion yen ($623 million), according to sources, with...
June 22, 2012
Sony Corp. on June 22 announced that it plans to invest in Sony Semiconductor Corp.'s Nagasaki Technology Center to increase total production capacity for image sensors to...
June 21, 2012
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. and Sony Corp. said June 21 that they had developed a new green laser that will significantly improve the performance of laser projectors and...
June 19, 2012
-- The industry’s first cell analysis instrument capable of detecting full spectrum fluorescence to facilitate highly accurate analysis --
June 13, 2012
Sony Corp. will make its e-book service available on other companies’ smartphones and tablet computers in an effort to compete with Amazon.com Inc.’s popular Kindle service.
June 11, 2012
Sony announced on June 11 that it will begin accepting orders for its Cell Sorter SH800 starting this fall, an instrument for cell analysis utilizing Blu-ray Disc technology,...
June 04, 2012
Sony's stock price fell below 1,000 yen on June 4 for the first time since 1980 in a symptom of weak global markets and the company's decline after huge success with the...
May 30, 2012
After narrowing its list of suitors for a capital tie-up, scandal-hit Olympus Corp. is now in negotiations with Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., sources said.
May 25, 2012
Sony Corp. said May 24 that it will end a joint venture with Sharp Corp. to produce liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
May 15, 2012
Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. have begun negotiations on a tie-up to mass-produce organic electroluminescence TVs that will be larger than 50 inches, sources said.
April 25, 2012
SINGAPORE--While most attention in the gadget world is on the breakneck pace of innovation in mobile phones, tablets and computers, another device has resolutely refused to...
April 25, 2012
TOKYO/TAIPEI--LG Electronics will steal a march on its rivals by bringing forward the launch of a 55-inch flat TV using next-generation technology, raising the stakes in a...
April 17, 2012
Las Vegas, NV, April 17, 2012 -- At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Sony Corporation today announced it is expanding its relationship with Adobe...
April 12, 2012
Sony Corp said it is to cut around 10,000 jobs - 6 percent of its global workforce - as new CEO Kazuo Hirai moves to reduce costs and staunch huge losses at the Japanese...
April 11, 2012
Sony Corp. blamed weak sales of TVs and digital cameras in the United States for its record group net loss, but analysts say there are bigger factors behind the company’s...
April 06, 2012
Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai said he will mine the company’s portfolio of technologies aimed at businesses to revitalize its range of consumer products.