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Sony

Sony Group Corp. engages in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, devices, game consoles, and software for consumers, professionals and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: Game and Network Services, Music, Pictures, Home Entertainment and Sound, Imaging Products and Solutions, Mobile Communications, Semiconductors, Financial Services, and Others. The Game and Network Services segment deals with gaming machines, software and network services. The Music segment produces and publishes music and provides image media platforms. The Pictures segment handles film production, television program creation, and media networks. The Home Entertainment and Sound segment offers LCD televisions, home audio, Blu-ray Disc players and recorders, and memory-based portable audio devices. The Imaging Products and Solutions segment provides digital imaging products, professional solutions, and medical goods. The Mobile Communications segment deals with mobile phones and Internet services business. The Semiconductors segment provides image sensors and camera modules. The Financial Services segment manages the life insurance and non-life insurance operations and banking business. The Others segment includes personal computer (PC) business, overseas Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD manufacturing, and battery business. The company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka on May 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Paramount Global

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Japanese tech and entertainment giant Sony Group (SONY) reported earnings for the final quarter of fiscal 2023 Tuesday, and also announced details of a new stock buyback program as well as plans to split the company's stock later this year.

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Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 14, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Hiroki Totoki - President, COO & CFO Sadahiko Hayakawa - General Manager, Finance Department Conference Call Participants Junya Ayada - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mikio Hirakawa - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Yasuo Nakane - Mizuho Securities Co. Kota Ezawa - Citigroup Ryosuke Katsura - SMBC Nikko Securities Unidentified Company Representative The time has come to begin FY 2023 Financial Results announcement of Sony Group Corporation. I am from Corporate Communications.

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