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Sony and Panasonic had their debt ratings downgraded by Moody's on Friday, citing weak television sales.

The year 2011 saw the debut of quad-core devices in the market. This year is no different, with many phone manufacturers prepping to release such products, apparently the latest one being from HTC Inc, GSM Arena reports.

Japan's Sony and Panasonic both had their debt ratings downgraded on Friday by Moody's Investors Service, which cited concerns about continued losses in their TV divisions, two weeks ahead of their earnings announcements.

Japan's Nikkei share average hit a two-month high on Friday, boosted by encouraging results from U.S. banks Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N), while near-term concerns over Europe eased after successful Spanish debt auctions.

Sony Ericsson <6758.T> was sucked back into a loss in 2011 by an industry slowdown and cut-throat competition, leaving new owner Sony facing an uphill struggle to join the top tier of handset providers.

Long-suffering investors may wonder what to do with their Eastman Kodak shares now that the company has filed for bankruptcy in New York City.

Sony Ericsson posted a quarterly loss that missed all forecasts after losing in the battle for smartphone sales in the key year-end period, showing the challenge for Sony as it prepares to take full control of the joint venture.

Sony Ericsson on Thursday posted a shock loss due to tough competition, the global slowdown and restructuring, marring the final quarter before it is rolled into Japanese consumer giant Sony.

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson will deliver its final quarterly report as a joint venture on Thursday, before pinning its hopes on the consumer clout of its new sole owner Sony Corp to claw its way back into the top tier.

Brownsville, Texas, has some lessons to teach the country when it comes to creating jobs: it expects to add 5,000 in the next 10 years. How can other cities follow its lead?

Japan's Fujifilm Holdings said on Wednesday it is considering supporting scandal-hit endoscope maker Olympus Corp although neither side looks likely to move quickly on an equity alliance that Olympus needs to shore up its finances.

Kumquat, Nypon and Pepper are just a few devices that are set to hit the markets in April.

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond, and though details of his next adventure, Skyfall, are being kept closely under wraps, Sony did reveal a few tantalizing clues in an official plot summary released this week.

A government watchdog group is suing the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency, claiming the agencies are refusing to release details of their alleged meetings and communications with director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal.

Zappos, the online shoe and apparel retailer, urged its customers to change the password to their accounts, amid fears a cyber attack on the company's servers may have compromised names, e-mail and billing addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of the credit cards of their 24 million customers.

Microsoft's Xbox 720 and Sony's PlayStation 4 are the two gaming consoles that have been heavily discussed on the Internet over the last few months.

The Iron Lady, the Weinstein Company's biopic of Margaret Thatcher, entered its first week of wide release as the No. 10 movie in America -- the only specialty film in the top 10.

Toshiba is set to propose an equity tie-up with scandal-hit camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corp , an industry newspaper said on Monday.

The 2012 Golden Globe Awards are underway as Hollywood's most celebrated celebrities arrive on the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live Sunday night on NBC 8-11 p.m. EST from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Here is a full list of the nominees, predictions of likely winners and all the after-party details.

Ricky Gervais is back, hosting the 2012 Golden Globe awards presentation Sunday night on NBC. The 69th annual Golden Globe event will be broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., beginning at 8 p.m. It lasts for three hours.

Canada's David Hearn responded in the best possible way to some good-natured banter from his compatriots by charging up the second-round leaderboard at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Friday.

A roundup of the major unveilings that happened this year.

The 12th annual American Film Institute Awards show held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday was a star-studded event attended by some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Canada-based Vivick is not just another industrial design company. It is a company that is out on a simple, yet serious mission – creating designs that represent a perfect marriage of form, fashion and functionality. So what makes Vivick a world-class design studio for IT peripherals and accessories? Find out here.

This year's Consumer Electronics Show turned out to be the largest on record, despite a slow economy and what many industry pundits agree is a dearth of genuine scene-stealers.

Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan's Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG's thinking said.

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Samsung Electronics ruled out making a bid for the healthcare business of Japan's troubled Olympus Corp on Friday, though a source close to the South Korean firm said it remained open to some form of non-equity partnership.