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Moody's downgraded Sony's credit rating for the second time in a month on Friday, the latest blow to Japan's electronics sector where embattled Sharp has seen its own credit rating slashed to junk.

Embattled Japanese electronics maker Sharp said Thursday it would book a $5.6 billion annual net loss in the wake of a huge restructuring, nearly double its earlier forecast.

Shares in Japanese electronics giant Sharp plunged 30 percent in Tokyo trade on Friday, a day after the company said it would cut 5,000 jobs and reported a huge quarterly loss.

LG Display, one of the world's largest flat screen makers, said Tuesday it had started work on a new liquid crystal display plant in China, the world's largest market for LCD televisions.

Japanese electronics giant Sharp said on Friday it will remain in the red over the next year after a record $4.7 billion net loss up to March 2012 as global sales of its LCD televisions slumped.

Japanese electronics giant Sharp said on Tuesday it would report a record full-year loss of $4.7 billion, as the firm struggles to turn around its sagging liquid crystal display television business.

Apple unveiled a new Apple TV box on Wednesday for streaming movies, television shows and other content from the Internet to high-definition television sets.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would spin off its loss-making LCD flat-screen business into a separate affiliate as it seeks to orient its component business towards OLED displays, touted as the technology that will replace LCD TVs.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co, the world's biggest maker of televisions, is shifting its focus towards new generation OLED display technology, and said it will spin off its loss-making LCD flat-screen business into an affiliate.

Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn will lay off 600 people in its Slovak plant where it makes LCD televisions for Sony due to low demand, Slovak business daily Hospodarske noviny reported on Monday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp on Wednesday cut its annual LCD TV sales forecast by 9 percent to 20 million units from 22 million units.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will reduce plasma TV panel production and cut up to several thousand jobs, as its loss-making television unit struggles to compete with Asian rivals, domestic media reported on Thursday.

Ratings agency Moody's Tuesday lowered the outlook for Sony's A3 long-term debt rating to "negative" as the global electronics giant faces weakening demand for LCD televisions.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics giant Sony Corp suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday after several of its Bravia LCD televisions sets emitted smoke or parts began to melt, a company official said on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics giant Sony Corp suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday after several of its Bravia LCD televisions sets emitted smoke or parts began to melt, a company official said on Wednesday.

Japan's Sony said Wednesday that some 1.6 million of its Bravia flat panel televisions were at risk of overheating due to defective parts, but the electronics giant did not issue a recall.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Flat-screen maker LG Display will slash next year's capital spending by a quarter as booming sales of mobile devices from iPads to Android smartphones saps demand for TV panels, its main source of earnings.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Flat-screen maker LG Display will slash next year's capital spending by a quarter as booming sales of mobile devices from iPads to Android smartphones saps demand for TV panels, its main source of earnings.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp stuck with its full-year profit forecast after slashing its outlook for TV sales, confident that other units will perform better than earlier anticipated to offset additional losses in the unit.