Topic: East Asia
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp surprised investors by lifting its annual outlook after returning to the black in the first quarter thanks to improved demand for Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles. Rivals Panasonic Corp and Sharp Corp also reported ...
Japan's Sony is likely to have swung back to the black in the first quarter with operating profit reaching 30 billion yen (342 million dollars) due to aggressive cost-cutting, a report said Monday. That would compare with a 25.7-billion-yen loss in the ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc raised its annual outlook closer to market expectations on Monday after robust demand for digital cameras and printers powered up its quarterly profit by more than fourfold. The result marked Canon's second straight quarter of year-on-year ...
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony and Samsung announced plans to introduce 3D televisions in coming months, betting they will become the next hot products in an increasingly crowded electronics industry. Sony Corp hopes 3D models will make up 10 percent of more ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry. The maker of Bravia flat TVs hopes 3D models to ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics expects rapidly recovering demand for its premium computer memory chips and flat screen TVs to drive growth this year, with the unwinding of global stimulus measures the key risk for sales. The world's top maker of memory ...
Japanese electronics makers still in red amid slump while South Korean rivals reboundAsia's technology giants are showing mixed signs of recovery, with Japan's electronics makers set to languish in the red this year while South Korean companies rebound sharply from a global ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp <6752.T> <PC.N> reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and sharply lifted its half-year outlook as it cuts costs to cope with a firmer yen and steep price falls in flat TVs. Panasonic reiterated its annual forecast for ...
Japan's Fujifilm unveiled Wednesday a compact digital camera that can be used to shoot three-dimensional (3D) photos and movies that can be viewed without special glasses. The FinePix REAL 3D W1 uses a "groundbreaking" system comprising two lenses whose images are merged ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent. Canon, which competes with Nikon ...
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