Panasonic Corp

Japanese suppliers weather electronics storm better than name brands

Japan's flagship consumer technology brands have had a rough few years with their products overshadowed by Korean and U.S. rivals, but...

Japan's robots eye car industry to take up smartphone slack

As the breakneck growth in the global smartphone market eases, the mostly Japanese companies that make the robots that build the phones are looking to automakers to take up the slack...

Tablet boom driving Panasonic display unit back to profit

Panasonic Corp's display business is on track for its first profit in five years in January-March, driven by stronger sales of liquid crystal display ...

Panasonic prepares for 'garage sale', to axe 10,000 jobs

About a fifth of Panasonic Corp's 88 business units are losing money and only half so far meet a target for at least 5 percent operating margin ...

Is Sony buying time - or problems?

Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion in the past three months snapping up an assortment of businesses such as medical equipment and cloud gaming,

Sony, Panasonic to cooperate in OLED mass production

Rival Japanese television makers Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp said Monday they will cooperate to make OLED (organic light emitting diode) sets ...

Sony, Samsung set minimum pricing on TVs; no more heavy discounts

Two of the world’s biggest television manufacturers, Sony and Samsung have decided to set price minimums ...

Sony, Panasonic in talks on OLED TV production, claim sources

Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are in talks to develop the technology to mass produce next-generation OLED ...

Under new management: Sony, Panasonic seek rebound

Shares in Japan's consumer electronics giant Sony Corp slipped quietly to a quarter century low this week, a sign of how the Walkman and PlayStation ...

Toshiba-Hitachi-Sony LCD alliance to buy Panasonic plant

A public-private fund that will acquire the small- and midsize-LCD operations of Toshiba Corp, Hitachi Ltd and Sony Corp ...