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Send to email | Sony Misses Q1 Earnings, Cuts Guidance: Problems With Phone Unit And The "Business Environment" in General | By Silicon el 29-Jul-2008 |
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A stumble for Sony and Howard Stringer, who's been gathering praise for turning around the wobbly electronics giant: The company missed its Q1 profit goals and knocked down guidance for the rest of the fiscal year. The reasons: Problems with its Sony Ericsson JV, and "a more cautious outlook about the business environment" for its core electronics business.
Q1 profits fell 47.4%, to $327 million -- more than 30% under consensus. And Sony knocked down its FY 2009 profit forecast by 17%. It pushed up its sales guidance, though, by 2%.

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