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Sony to become world's No.1 music publisher with $2.3bn EMI deal
The acquisition - which gives Sony a catalogue of more than 2 million songs from artists such as Kanye West, Sam Smith and Sia - is the biggest so far by new...
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Sony pins hopes on 4K video to revive smartphone sales
The new Xperia XZ2 smartphone will record video in 4K HDR - a quality previously only available in the top-of-the-range camcorders.
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Sony shares soar to 9-year high after forecast of record profit
Sony’s stock rose as much as 11.6% to its highest level since June 2008. In late morning trade, it was up 10.5% at 4,878 yen.
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Cyber security firm - more evidence North Korea linked to Bangladesh heist
Kaspersky released a 58-page report on Lazarus, a group linked to the heist in Bangladesh and the 2014 attack on Sony’s Hollywood studio.
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Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV for Beatles music rights
McCartney seeks to reclaim copyrights to 267 Beatles songs that pop star Michael Jackson acquired two decades before his death.
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Sony wins EU approval for Michael Jackson music deal
The European Commission said deal wouldn't hurt competition in the music publishing & recorded industries.
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Sony PlayStation VR to launch globally in October
Sony released a statement during a press event at the Video Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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Sony buys a Michael Jackson music catalogue for $750m
The agreement will give the company sole ownership of works by the Beatles, Bob Dylan & Taylor Swift.
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Cyber-attacks force a defence strategy rethink
US insurer Anthem Inc. said hackers may have made off with some 80 million personal health records.
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Hackers take credit for PS, Xbox network crash
Microsoft’s Xbox Live & Sony’s PlayStation networks experienced user connection problems.
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Sony hires forensic unit after cyber-attack
Sony executives have declined to comment on the scope of the attack.
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Sony sells more than 7m PS4s
Sony has sold more than 7 million PS4 videogame consoles in just over four months.
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Sony unveils prototype virtual headset
Sony said it would make the headset available to game developers soon.
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Sony sells 4.2 million PS4 consoles
Sony plans to launch PlayStration Now, a service that will stream games remotely from a cloud-based server.
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PlayStation sells 1 million units in 24 hours
Sony Corp had previously announced it had received more than 1 million advance orders for the console.
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Sharp panel plant gets lifeline with big orders
Sharp has been helped by partner Hon Hai Precision Industry.
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Olympus stocks slide
The 6,8 percent tumble in Olympus' stock follows a lawsuit by a medical equipment maker.
