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Japan's Sony Corp pushed back an elusive target of an operating profit margin of 5 percent to March 2013, as it heads for its second straight loss and loses ground to overseas competitors.

Sony Corp aims to earn a 5 percent operating profit margin in three years by turning its struggling LCD TV and game operations profitable next year and launching 3D TVs and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in advance of the holidays and shipment delays could result.

FX has snapped up TV rights to 2012, the disaster movie that just enjoyed a blockbuster $225 million opening weekend worldwide.

Japan's Sony Corp has seen no sign of a recovery in the consumer electronics market, Chief Executive Howard Stringer said in an interview published on Sunday.

After its U.S. debut, apocalyptic film 2012 made history becoming the highest worldwide opening ever for an original movie (not based on a franchise, brand or hit novel), according to Sony Entertainment.

The end of the world starts Friday.

In the longstanding rivalry between Japan and South Korea, near-neighbour North Asian technology industry heavyweights, the pendulum has swung Korea's way, helped by currency shifts, but also due to marketing and product savvy and nimbler production strategies.

A settlement between mobile phone users and companies that charged them for downloaded ringtones and games they thought were free was approved by a court on Tuesday.

Electronic Arts Inc has acquired privately held Playfish for $275 million in cash plus other considerations, as the maker of the Madden NFL series extends into the growing social gaming sector.

The board of General Motors Co has opted to keep Opel, undoing months of painstaking negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada's Magna.

Best Buy Co Inc plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows, the electronics retailer said on Tuesday.

Sony Ericsson unveiled its flagship X10 mobile phone on Tuesday, its first to run on Google Inc's Android operating system, hoping the device will help reverse its loss of market share.

Sony Ericsson unveiled its new X10 flagship mobile phone on Tuesday, its first to run on Google's Android operating system, but said it would not go on sale until early next year.

Michael Jackson's much-hyped concert movie reigned at the worldwide box office on Sunday, but its performance in North America was hardly a thriller.

Shares in Sony Corp lost nearly 6 percent on Monday as investors shrugged off the electronics maker's upward revision to its earnings forecast and sold on worries over the U.S. market and a stronger yen.

The global cellphone market is set to grow in the holiday sales-fueled October-to-December quarter, after four quarters of falls, raising fears of pricing battles, analysts said on Friday.

The men in black are massing.

Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments.

Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp signaled the worst may be over for the world's two largest consumer electronics makers as they raised their full year outlooks, helped by cost cuts.

Sony Corp posted a loss for a fourth consecutive quarter, hit by sluggish cellphone sales and as it cut prices of its PlayStation 3 game console, but it narrowed its full year loss forecast.

Sony Corp posted a loss for the fourth consecutive quarter, hit by sluggish cellphone sales and as it cut prices of its PlayStation 3 game gear, but trimmed its full year loss forecast close to market expectations.

The Michael Jackson movie This Is It earned $20.1 million at worldwide box offices on its first day in theaters as fans around the globe turned out in strong numbers, Columbia Pictures said on Thursday.

The Gloved One looks likely to have a posthumous hit at the box office this weekend.

A mere three months before Oscar nominations are unveiled, the British coming-of-age drama An Education is one of the first of this year's crop of contenders to garner serious buzz.

Sony Corp said on Monday it is partnering with Netflix Inc to provide access to the online movie rental company's library through Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.

Sony Corp said on Monday it is partnering with Netflix Inc to provide access to the online movie rental company's library through Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.

Sony said on Monday it is partnering with Netflix to provide access to the online movie rental company's library through Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.

Sony Corp said on Monday that its U.S. optical disc drive operations are under investigation for possible violations of anti-trust regulations, and indicated that other regulators could follow suit.