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With significant improvements, it is not surprising that the consolidated results showed the net income attributed to the shareholders at 43.0 billion yen, in comparison to last year’s loss of 456.7 billion yen, resulting in optimal profitability for once in nearly half a decade. With impressive results in the current fiscal year, Sony is starting to break away from stagnancy, and move towards growth. Sony’s exponential growth in activity can be attributed to several strengthening in policies. Following... ... middle of paper ... ...ly fell. Sony’s stocks have been steadily increasing this past year, and are expected to continue to rise.
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