Sony + SMIC

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(1) Daisuke Wakabayashi, Sony Stakes Recovery on New Smartphone; As Its Historic Businesses Fade, Electronics Maker Borrows From Cameras, TVs to Aid Chances Against Apple, Samsung. Wall Street Journal, Mar 2, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 33213460022182.html
("demand for [Sony's] traditional electronics is declining. Sony sees unit sales of video camcorders sliding 9%, digital compact cameras falling 29%, and televisions dropping 31% in the year to March. By comparison, Sony's smartphones sales are expected to grow by more than 50%. With a goal to return the mobile business to profit in the coming fiscal year starting in April * * * ")

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the text. Do not watch video, but view the graphic, which tells the same story as the quotation.
(b) Please note that obviously Sony's fiscal year ends in the last day of March. So the figures in the quotation, as well as the graphic, are estimations for fiscal year 2012 (we are at the beginning of March).


(2) Paul Mozur, A Silicon Valley Campus with Chinese Characteristics. China Real Time, Feb 28, 2013.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... se-characteristics/

Quote:

"According to a 2012 study by Harvard Business School, the amenities the company offers helped it [set up in 2000] attract roughly 1,000 foreign workers within its first few years, including 500 Taiwanese and 300 Americans.

"China’s chip sector remains focused around communications chips instead of processors and other chips