Sony posts 33.5% jump in quarterly profit January 29, 2016 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony Corp. reported a 33.5 percent jump in quarterly profit as sales improved in its PlayStation 4 video game business, according to the Associated Press. Tokyo-based Sony kept its full-year profit projection unchanged Friday, Jan 29, at 140 billion yen ($1.2 billion), which would be a reversal from red ink in the previous fiscal year. Sony recorded a 120 billion yen ($1 billion) October-December profit. Sales for the fiscal third quarter edged up 0.5 percent to 2.58 trillion yen ($21.4 billion). Sony, which also makes Bravia TVs and Xperia mobile phones, has been undergoing a marathon restructuring to focus on more profitable operations. Sony's sales were still struggling in image sensors and mobile communications. But it got a lift from better sales of PS4 game software as well as the machines.  Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
