International Business News - SNE http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Japanese shares rose Wednesday as investors took heart from an overnight rally on Wall Street and a further drop in oil prices. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 127.97 points, or 0.97 percent, to close at 13,312.93. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/japanese-shares-rise-on-us-rally.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:59:03 EDT Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/electronics-giants-to-create-wireless-hd-standard.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:47:45 EDT Shares in Sweden's LM Ericsson fell Tuesday after the world's largest wireless equipment maker reported a 70 percent plunge in second-quarter profits on costs related to acquisitions, development and restructuring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/ericsson-shares-down-as-2q-profits-plunge-70-pct.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:28:16 EDT Shares in Sweden's LM Ericsson fell more than 8 percent after the telecommunications equipment maker posted a 70 percent drop in second-quarter profit, citing recent acquisitions and high development and restructuring costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/swedens-lm-ericsson-2q-profit-down-70-pct.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:19:56 EDT Japanese shares jumped Tuesday, lifted by optimism over the health of the U.S. financial sector following Bank of America Corp.'s better-than-expected earnings results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/japanese-shares-jump-on-us-bank-earnings.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:00:47 EDT Sweden's LM Ericsson on Tuesday posted a 70 percent plunge in second-quarter profits, mainly citing recent acquisitions and high development and restructuring costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/lm-ericsson-2q-profit-down-70-percent.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:01:40 EDT LCD or plasma? If you've been shopping for a flat-panel TV, that's the big question. According to a mystery-shopper survey, electronics salespeople don't know much about the differences, but still have a ready answer: LCD. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/analysis-finds-tv-buyers-steered-to-costlier-lcds.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:04:01 EDT Real news from the virtual world: _UNCONVENTIONAL: If you attended the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, along with about 60,000 other people, you were probably blown away by the massive audiovisual bombast. If you returned for this year's E3 Media & Business Summit, which only 5,000 attended, you might think the entire video-game industry had collapsed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/nintendo-microsoft-stumble-while-sony-cruises.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:58:56 EDT Bruce Wayne just keeps getting richer. "The Dark Knight," the crime saga about vigilante Batman and his wealthy alter ego Wayne, debuted with a record $158.4 million, according to final weekend numbers Monday. That was up $3.1 million from studio estimates of $155.3 million a day earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94830-monday-movie-buzz-chicago-as-gotham.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/dark-knight-sets-weekend-record-with-155-34m.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/dark-knight-sets-weekend-record-with-155-34m.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:17:41 EDT Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for "Spider-Man 3" in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94473-batmania.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/dark-knight-sets-weekend-record-with-155-34m.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/dark-knight-sets-weekend-record-with-155-34m.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:32:17 EDT Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as investors weighed lower crude oil prices against worse-than-expected earnings results from some American blue-chip companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/asia-stocks-mixed-after-us-tech-earnings.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:50 EDT Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a 97 percent drop in second-quarter earnings and said it would slash 2,000 jobs worldwide in a move to cut costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/sony-ericsson-steep-drop-in-2q-profit.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:41:56 EDT Japanese shares fell Friday as sentiment dampened on fresh worries over a slump in the U.S. economy following worse-than-expected earnings results from American high-tech giants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/japanese-shares-fall-on-us-worries.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:20:07 EDT U.S. video game retail sales soared 53 percent in June, fueled by Nintendo Co.'s Wii and handheld DS gaming systems, as well as Konami Corp.'s blockbuster "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots"--by far the month's best-selling title. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/video-game-sales-soar-53-percent-in-june.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:29:13 EDT Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. plans to build a new lithium-ion battery plant in western Japan, a move that will triple its current output capacity to meet soaring global demand, the daily Yomiuri newspaper reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/report-matsushita-plans-to-build-battery-plant.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:58:19 EDT Nokia Corp., the world's top cell phone maker, reported better-than expected results for the second quarter Thursday and upgraded its forecast for the global handset market. Its shares jumped 8 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/nokias-2q-profits-drop-61-percent.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:46:03 EDT Japanese shares rose Thursday as sentiment turned upbeat on an overnight rally on Wall Street and a drop in oil prices. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 127.15 points, or 1 percent, to 12,887.95. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92819-japan-toyota-brazil.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/japanese-shares-rise-on-us-rally.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/japanese-shares-rise-on-us-rally.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:55:20 EDT Babelgum, the Internet TV platform launched by the founder of Italy's Fastweb telecommunications company, is expanding its U.S. presence in an attempt to get more advertisers and content. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/internet-tv-babelgum-seeks-us-expansion.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:22 EDT Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/xbox-360-to-stream-netflix-movies.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:01:11 EDT Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/microsofts-xbox-360-to-stream-netflix-movies.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:03:35 EDT