Bhupathi-Knowles ousted from Sony Ericsson Open doubles

March 26th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza went down to France's Mathilde Johansson in an over two hour duel in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis here. Sania, who was given a wildcard, battled for two hour and 22 minutes before losing 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (8) Wednesday.

March 31st, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) registered an upset win over eighth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta and Russian Maria Kirilenko to storm into the doubles quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open. The unseeded Indo-Taiwanese pair rallied from a set down to beat Pennetta and Kirilenko 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-4 here Monday.

March 28th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza cleared the first round in the doubles and mixed doubles pre-quarters respectively with their partners in the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson tennis event. Paes and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy beat Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-2 here Friday.

April 1st, 2009 MIAMI - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy crashed out to Czech Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak of Sovakia 3-6, 3-6, in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis doubles. The loss Tuesday was the second successive second-round exit for Paes and Dlouhy, seeded fourth here, having lost at the same stage at Indian Wells last week.

April 2nd, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei's (Taiwan) Chia-Jung Chuang shocked eighth-seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual to storm into the semi-finals of the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament. The Indo-Taiwanese pair beat the Spaniards 6-3, 7-6(4) here Wednesday.

July 24th, 2009 Ericsson profits fall 61 pct in second quarterSTOCKHOLM — Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB on Friday said its second-quarter profits plunged 61 percent partly because of restructuring charges and losses in its mobile phone unit, Sony Ericsson. Ericsson said net profit in the April-June period was 800 million kronor ($106 million), down from 2 billion kronor in the same three months last year.

July 24th, 2009 Ericsson profits fall 56 pct in second quarterSTOCKHOLM — Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB's second-quarter profits plunged 56 percent partly because of restructuring charges and losses in its mobile phone unit, Sony Ericsson, the company said Friday. The world's leading supplier of broadband networks said net profit in the April-June period was 831 million kronor ($111 million), down from 1.9 billion kronor in the same three months last year.

July 16th, 2009 Sony Ericsson posts another loss in 2QSTOCKHOLM — Handset maker Sony Ericsson said Thursday it booked another loss in the second quarter as the global economic crisis continued to weigh on mobile phone sales. The LM Ericsson and Sony Corp.

July 16th, 2009 Sony Ericsson posts another loss in 2QSTOCKHOLM — Handset maker Sony Ericsson said Thursday it booked another loss in the second quarter as the global economic crisis continued to weigh on mobile phone sales. The LM Ericsson and Sony Corp.

July 24th, 2009 Ericsson profits drop 56 pct in 2nd quarterSTOCKHOLM — Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB's second-quarter profits plunged 56 percent partly because of restructuring charges and losses in its mobile phone unit, Sony Ericsson, the company said Friday. The world's leading supplier of broadband networks said net profit in the April-June period was 831 million kronor ($111 million), down from 1.9 billion kronor in the same three months last year.

August 22nd, 2009 TORONTO - Swedish telecom major Ericsson, whose acquisition of Nortel's wireless business here last month has been challenged by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and Canadian opposition parties, says it is still in the dark about the fate of the deal. Ericsson was the highest bidder at $1.13 billion at last month's court supervised auction of Nortel's wireless division.

August 20th, 2009 TORONTO - The Canadian government, which is reviewing the sale of Nortel's wireless business to Swedish telecom major Ericsson after protests by opposition parties and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), is almost set to give the go-ahead to the deal. The 124-year-old Nortel, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since January, is selling its business part by part to pay off its debtors.

January 18th, 2009 HONOLULU - Arjun Atwal signed off with an even par-70 to finish the week at two-over 282 in the $5.4 million Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club. Atwal, who was done in by bogeys on the front nine, finished tied 65th and earned $11,178.

August 18th, 2009 Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3 by $100NEW YORK — After months of rumors and anticipation, Sony says it's slashing the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100 to $299. Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will cut the price of the currently available 80 gigabyte PlayStation 3 effective immediately.

March 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Consumer electronics company Sony India Pvt Ltd is expecting a lower sales growth in 2009-10 due to the global meltdown, a top official said here Thursday. 'We expect a sales growth in the range of 15-20 percent, lower from the current fiscal,' Sony India head (sales) Sunil Nayyar told reporters.