Posted by The Man Behind The Curtain on 09/29/05 20:03

Not trying to start any arguments one vs. the other, since I know little
and have little emotional investment in either, but I thought this was
interestsing:

Economist Weekly Briefing:

The Stringer show

Investors took a dim view of Sony's revival plan, unveiled last week.
The company's share price in Tokyo fell, wiping out recent gains.
Moody's said it was reviewing Sony's credit rating over concern that the
potential for low profits in its electronics unit would stymie the
proposed turnaround. See article

Sony also suffered a huge blow in its prominent backing of the
much-touted Blu-ray technology for the next generation of
high-resolution DVDs. Both Intel and Microsoft backed Toshiba's rival
HD-DVD format as the industry standard.



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