LCD TV - Sony's profit jumps 68 percent

Sony's profit jumps 68 percent
ZDNet - Sony posted a 68 percent rise in annual operating profit on Thursday on investment gains and robust sales of flat TVs, but forecast a surprisingly sharp fall this business year. Start-up costs for the PlayStation 3 will push its game division deep
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LCD Prices Expected to Drop
PC World - A string of new LCD factories being built, combined with slow demand for notebook and desktop PC screens, caused LCD prices to fall during the first three months of the year, and the downward trend is expected to continue, vendors and analysts say
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Sony and Samsung's Big HDTV Bet
BusinessWeek - With the recent spate of announcements from television makers that they will rapidly expand capacity, you'd think people were snapping up glitzy new flat-panel TVs in droves. The latest news came on Apr. 10, when Korea's Samsung Electronics and Japan
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Analyst: Cristina Perea
BusinessWeek - The El Seguno, Calif.-based power semiconductor company International Rectifier said Thursday it is exploring the potential sale of its Non-Focus Products, which are about 23% of total revenue. We think a sale of the most commoditized product lines
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