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SYDNEY/SEOUL, February 13 This week Matt Jamieson spoke with Steve Durose, Fitch's Head of Asia Pacific TMT ratings, about Fitch's recent rating downgrades in the Japanese technology sector.

Rising rates of cancer, obesity and heart disease may offer a path back to health for Sony Corp., as the ailing Japanese maker of televisions, cameras and game consoles turns to semiconductors to end unprecedented losses.

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Sony Corp. incoming Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai said he will make "a hard, painful decision" to cut costs in the TV business and supply chain to turn around a company facing a fourth straight annual loss.

Sony , Nokia , and Motorola are expected to raise the level of their outsourcing of handsets to Taiwanese ODMs in 2012 in an effort to take back market share on Apple and Samsung, according to industry sources and reported in Digitimes.

Announcement of Company Split of Sony Corporation into Sony Mobile Display Corporation in connection with Integration of Small- and Medium-Sized Display Businesses Sony Corporation today announced that, as of March 30, 2012, it plans to transfer rights and obligations relating to its small- and medium-sized LCD device businesses to Sony Mobile ... (more)

We believe that Fuji's relentless focus on technological innovation in response to growing market needs coupled with its strong sales promotion is anticipated to lay a solid foundation for the company's future.

Following in the footsteps of Sony , the MPAA, several government agencies and Gene Simmons , the company was hacked by online activists.

Rising rates of cancer, obesity and heart disease may offer a path back to health for Sony Corp., as the ailing Japanese maker of televisions, cameras and game consoles turns to semiconductors to end unprecedented losses.

From its inception, the company has defined itself through its brightly named gadget lines -- Walkman, Vaio, Cyber-shot, PlayStation -- but incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai says Sony must now focus more on the software and platforms they access.

Sony Corp. incoming Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai said he will make "a hard, painful decision" to cut costs in the TV business and supply chain to turn around a company facing a fourth straight annual loss.

With skyrocketing debt, cost cutting seems to be the new trend of policy makers within Washington.

Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has downgraded Sony one step from an A- to BBB+ credit rating.

Technology isn't usually a space investors associate with dividends. While this has been the case historically, dividend payments have been cropping up in recent years.

Japanese shares are lower today, as lack of a Greek debt deal weighs on the markets.

Kaz Hirai, who was recently named the new CEO and president of Sony, accepted the job knowing he would be walking into a difficult position.

Another signal of the growing attention being paid to the streaming video sector, and specifically the growing emphasis on made-for-web content: online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding.

Posted in : Long Ideas , Sector ETFs , News , Earnings , Guidance , Specialty ETFs , Downgrades , Currency ETFs , Events , Global , Econ #s , Economics , Analyst Ratings , Movers , Tech , Trading Ideas , ETFs , Best of Benzinga Sony Corporation had its credit rating lowered by Standard & Poor's on Wednesday, with the credit rating agency citing ... (more)

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