Sony reports $1 billion annual loss and plans to close 3 plants; sees more red ink this year

Sony reports $1B annual loss; sees more red ink

TOKYO — Sony Corp. reported a 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a serious slump in the global electronics market.

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Sony reports $1 billion annual loss and plans to close 3 plants; sees more red ink this year

Sony reports $1 bln annual loss, sees more red ink

TOKYO — Sony Corp. reported a 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a serious slump in the global electronics market.

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Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, plans to close 3 plants; forecasts larger loss this year

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss

TOKYO — Sony Corp. reported Thursday a 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March, its first net loss in 14 years, and forecast its red ink to swell this year amid a serious downturn in global electronics demand.

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Sony reports $1 billion yen annual loss and forecasts larger shortfall this fiscal year

Sony reports $1 billion yen annual loss

TOKYO — Sony Corp. reported Thursday a 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March, its first net loss in 14 years, and forecast its red ink to swell this year amid a serious downturn in global electronics demand.

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Sony battles global electronics downturn, strong yen in expecting first net loss in 14 years

Sony expects first loss in 14 years amid downturn

TOJYO — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. reports its fiscal fourth quarter and full year earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Nintendo reports 8.5 percent rise in profit on healthy Wii, DS demand despite global woes

Nintendo’s annual profit rises 8.5 percent

TOKYO — Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers.

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Electronic Arts posts smaller 4th-quarter loss despite sales slump as costs decline

EA posts smaller 4Q loss as costs decline

NEW YORK — Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss Tuesday for its fiscal fourth quarter as it further slashed costs in a quarter that had fewer hit game launches.

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Electronic Arts posts smaller 4th-quarter loss, lower revenue

Electronic Arts posts smaller 4Q loss

NEW YORK — Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss Tuesday for its fiscal fourth quarter as the company continued to slash costs in a quarter with fewer hit game launches.

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Game maker pulls plug on ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ video game after criticism

Company pulls plug on ‘Fallujah’ video game

NEW YORK — The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war’s fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called “Six Days in Fallujah.”

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Review: Looking for gems in the iPhone’s massive game library

Review: Looking for gems in iPhone’s game library

Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market — first with the Game Boy, now with the DS — for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it’s become impossible to ignore the new kid on the block: Apple’s iPhone, whose game library has quickly overwhelmed Nintendo’s.

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