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Sony reports net loss of a billion bucks

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Sony reports net loss of a billion bucks
By The Inquirer
May 18, 2009 | 5 Comments
Tags: Sony | economy | loss | billion | dollars

First time in 14 years that Sony is running low on profit.

Sony has reported its first annual net loss in 14 years and says that things will only get worse this year.

The Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate said it lost $1.72 billion in the first quarter of 2009 giving it a net loss of $1 billion for its fiscal year, according to the AP.

Sony said no quick recovery was in sight and thinks it will lose another $1.2 billion for the fiscal year through March 2010.

The company is in the process of handing out pink slips and P45s to 16,000 workers.

 

 

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Fat_Bodybuilder
May 18, 2009 11:05 AM
Oh wow... That's really not good =( Damn Crisis!
Trekker
May 18, 2009 12:27 PM
p45? pink slips? dont know?
CamSkene
May 18, 2009 1:49 PM
You can't run low on profit, it's not how accounting works.
Trekker
May 18, 2009 3:08 PM
i wonder how much more they would of lost if someone could crack and play copy games on the ps3.
Periander
May 18, 2009 5:33 PM
"Trekker
May 18, 2009 3:08 PM
i wonder how much more they would of lost if someone could crack and play copy games on the ps3."

Might mean more unit sales though.
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