Analysts: Pressure on Sony for PS2 Price Cut Grows (Reuters)

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Pressure building on Sony for PS2 price
cuts

Pressure building on Sony for PS2 price
cuts 04/29/2004 12:40 AM
With the Xbox price now at US$149, Sony's PS2 stands as the highest-priced game console at US$179. Will a decline in sales and pressure from game developers force them to drop the price?

U.S. Says Price Pressure Key to Oracle
Takeover Bid (Reuters)

U.S. Says Price Pressure Key to Oracle
Takeover Bid (Reuters) 06/02/2004 01:51 PM
Reuters - Oracle Corp.'s $7.7-billion takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. is motivated by the cut-throat price competition between the two companies, the U.S. Department of Justice said in court documents filed late on Tuesday.

Sony Cuts PlayStation 2 Price to
$149 (Reuters)

Sony Cuts PlayStation 2 Price to
$149 (Reuters) 05/11/2004 12:00 PM
Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) (SNE.N) on Tuesday said it would cut the price of its market-leading PlayStation 2 video game console to $149 from $179, saying it was time for a price more attractive to the casual gamer.

Pressure grows on Houllier

Pressure grows on Houllier 05/24/2004 01:45 AM
Speculation over Gerard Houllier's future as Liverpool manager mounts.

Pressure grows on Shia militants

Pressure grows on Shia militants 08/12/2004 08:51 PM
Iraq's PM urges fighters loyal to a militant cleric in Najaf to surrender, as US-led troops close in on their stronghold.

Pressure grows on Iraq resolution

Pressure grows on Iraq resolution 06/02/2004 08:03 PM
France, Russia and China say more work is needed on a UN draft resolution on the transfer of power in Iraq.

Pressure for Elections Grows in Still
Violent Iraq

Pressure for Elections Grows in Still
Violent Iraq 01/25/2004 08:37 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 11:43PM GMT

Sony Says Price Cuts Boost PS2 North
America Sales (Reuters)

Sony Says Price Cuts Boost PS2 North
America Sales (Reuters) 06/14/2004 06:00 PM
Reuters - The U.S. video game arm of Sony Corp. said on Monday that sales of its PlayStation 2 had more than doubled in North America since it slashed the price of the video game console a month ago.

Japan's flat-screen TV makers under
pressure to cut costs: analysts (AFP)

Japan's flat-screen TV makers under
pressure to cut costs: analysts (AFP) 09/02/2004 09:14 PM
AFP - Falling prices may be making flat-screen televisions more appealing to consumers who covet the latest in technology, but analysts warn companies producing them will have to adjust quickly or risk losing out.

Analysts: MySQL's Cluster Version Puts
Pressure on Big Database Vendors

Analysts: MySQL's Cluster Version Puts
Pressure on Big Database Vendors 04/15/2004 12:55 PM
With the release of MySQL AB's MySQL Cluster version of its open-source database, the little Swedish company is beginning to swim in the same pool as the big, enterprise-class database vendors, analysts say.

Enterprise Wi-Fi price set to crash, say
analysts

Enterprise Wi-Fi price set to crash, say
analysts 06/17/2004 09:18 PM
Computer Weekly Jun 18 2004 1:08AM GMT

Analysts split on cut-price iPod

Analysts split on cut-price iPod 12/31/2003 06:10 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 31 2003 5:22AM ET

Price cuts raise retail pressure

Price cuts raise retail pressure 04/04/2005 01:23 PM
The UK's two largest supermarket chains launch new price-cutting drives, putting further pressure on rivals and High Street stores.

Swisscom Profit Hurt by Price Pressure
(AP)

Swisscom Profit Hurt by Price Pressure
(AP) 08/13/2004 10:55 AM
AP - Telecommunications company Swisscom AG said Friday its second-quarter net profit was cut in half due to price pressure and losses tied to the recent sale of its German cell-phone business debitel.

Nokia's price-cut strategy could
undermine longterm standing: analysts
(AFP)

Nokia's price-cut strategy could
undermine longterm standing: analysts
(AFP) 04/29/2004 08:58 AM
AFP - Finnish mobile phone leader Nokia came under fire from analysts for cutting bulk prices for handsets to operators, which they said could undermine its long-term profit margins.

Bowing to pressure after years of
enormous profits but a stagnating stock
price, Microsoft Corp. is dipping in

Bowing to pressure after years of
enormous profits but a stagnating stock
price, Microsoft Corp. is dipping in 07/21/2004 07:20 AM
Newsweek Jul 21 2004 12:07PM GMT

Nokia Price Cuts Put Pressure On Rival
Cell Phone Companies (Investor's
Business Daily)

Nokia Price Cuts Put Pressure On Rival
Cell Phone Companies (Investor's
Business Daily) 07/23/2004 08:09 PM
Investor's Business Daily - Investors are concerned about the effects Nokia's price drops will have on the cell phone business.

17-March-2003 -- How Google Grows...and
Grows...and Grows

17-March-2003 -- How Google Grows...and
Grows...and Grows 03/19/2003 10:27 PM
How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows (Fast Company) -- "The cardinal rule at Google is, If you can do something that...

Sony to cut price of PlayStation 2

Sony to cut price of PlayStation 2 05/11/2004 10:16 PM
San Jose Mercury News May 12 2004 2:48AM GMT

Sony cuts PlayStation price to US$150

Sony cuts PlayStation price to US$150 05/12/2004 04:11 AM
CNET Asia May 12 2004 8:38AM GMT

Sony cuts PlayStation price to $150

Sony cuts PlayStation price to $150 05/11/2004 01:24 PM
At the E3 game conference in Los Angeles, the entertainment giant also talked about its upcoming handheld game player and the Cell processor it is developing with Toshiba and IBM.

Sony lowers price of Memory Sticks

Sony lowers price of Memory Sticks 07/19/2004 01:12 PM
Prices drop for the flash memory cards, which fit into devices from PCs to cell phones.

Sony sets date, price for PlayStation
release

Sony sets date, price for PlayStation
release 02/07/2005 01:29 AM
Cjonline.com - Sun Feb 6, 08:41 am GMT

Sony Cuts PlayStation 2 Price to Compete
With Nintendo

Sony Cuts PlayStation 2 Price to Compete
With Nintendo 05/12/2004 02:56 AM
Sony cut the price of its PlayStation 2 video game machine to $150 to match the competition from Microsoft's Xbox.

Briefly: Sony lowers price of Memory
Sticks

Briefly: Sony lowers price of Memory
Sticks 07/19/2004 01:12 PM
roundup Plus: Verizon makes Treo 600 available...Matsushita selects Rambus for TV memory...Zend sets up shop in U.S....Oblix overhauls management software.

PS2 price cut chatter emerges, Sony
Europe stands firm

PS2 price cut chatter emerges, Sony
Europe stands firm 04/29/2004 10:42 AM
Computer Buyer Apr 29 2004 1:52PM GMT

Al Qaeda Under Pressure for New Strike
-Spy Chief (Reuters)

Al Qaeda Under Pressure for New Strike
-Spy Chief (Reuters) 02/10/2004 05:29 PM
Reuters - Al Qaeda is under pressure to strike another "high-value" Western target and may be looking at attacking chemical plants or shooting down planes with surface-to-air missiles, a top German intelligence official said Tuesday.

Arafat Under Pressure After Palestinian
PM Quits (Reuters)

Arafat Under Pressure After Palestinian
PM Quits (Reuters) 07/18/2004 03:39 AM
Reuters - Palestinian militants attacked a Palestinian security post in Gaza on Sunday, stepping up pressure on President Yasser Arafat to stamp out corruption in a crisis deepened by the resignation of his prime minister.

Sony Ericsson surprises with scale of
profit switch despite price fall (AFP)

Sony Ericsson surprises with scale of
profit switch despite price fall (AFP) 07/15/2004 07:04 AM
AFP - Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese maker of portable telephones, said that it had switched into a net profit of 89 million euros in the second quarter from a net loss of 88 million euros (110.36 million dollars) in the same period of last year.

Sony cuts PlayStation 2 bundle price to
$149, action on the Xbox heats up

Sony cuts PlayStation 2 bundle price to
$149, action on the Xbox heats up 05/12/2004 11:18 AM
Saying it was time for a more attractive price for the casual gamer, Sony has responded finally to the latest round of Xbox cuts by slashing the PlayStation 2 from US$179 to $149.

Congress's Analysts See Worsening
Deficit (Reuters)

Congress's Analysts See Worsening
Deficit (Reuters) 09/07/2004 10:53 AM
Reuters - The U.S. budget deficit will balloon to $2.29 trillion over the next decade, congressional analysts said on Tuesday, a worse outlook than previously forecast and one likely to stir election-year debate about President Bush's economic policies.

Analysts Upbeat on Microsoft Earnings
(Reuters)

Analysts Upbeat on Microsoft Earnings
(Reuters) 01/24/2004 05:02 PM
Reuters - A focus on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) push to sign corporate customers onto long-term contracts and the way such sales are tracked in earnings is distracting investors from the strength in the software maker's underlying business, analysts say.

Bin Laden Tape Piles Pressure on U.S.
Companies (Reuters)

Bin Laden Tape Piles Pressure on U.S.
Companies (Reuters) 04/15/2004 03:32 PM
Reuters - U.S. corporations may face a growing threat from terror groups after a message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lambasted the work of foreign firms in Iraq, terrorism experts said on Thursday.

Free Sony PSP Alert Notification Service
& Price Watch For Consumers Launches

Free Sony PSP Alert Notification Service
& Price Watch For Consumers Launches 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
PSP4US Offers Help To Consumers Looking To Buy Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP) Game Console. Sign Up For The PSP4US Alert Service So You Won’t Be Left Without A PSP. [PRWEB Feb 20, 2005]

Dell's Business Not AMD's Panacea,
Analysts Say (Reuters)

Dell's Business Not AMD's Panacea,
Analysts Say (Reuters) 06/30/2004 11:01 AM
Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has garnered technical kudos and product successes in the past year, but it has never managed to win computer maker Dell Inc. as a customer.

Success of New Phones Tied to Ease of
Use-Analysts (Reuters)

Success of New Phones Tied to Ease of
Use-Analysts (Reuters) 06/30/2004 04:31 PM
Reuters - U.S. wireless companies need to make it easier to surf the Web on cell phones if fast new Internet services are to become widely popular among consumers, according to analysts.

Game Analysts See Blockbuster Months
Ahead (Reuters)

Game Analysts See Blockbuster Months
Ahead (Reuters) 07/11/2004 12:58 PM
Reuters - The U.S. video game industry saved its best for last this year.

Cheney to Face More Pressure on Taiwan
Arms Sales (Reuters)

Cheney to Face More Pressure on Taiwan
Arms Sales (Reuters) 04/13/2004 11:41 PM
Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney faced further pressure to halt U.S. arms sales to Taiwan in meetings with China's communist leaders, who say the weapons are encouraging the island's pro-independence forces.

Pressure Mounts on North Korea for
Nuclear Talks (Reuters)

Pressure Mounts on North Korea for
Nuclear Talks (Reuters) 03/23/2005 07:50 PM
Reuters - President Bush urged North Korea to return to six-party negotiations on its nuclear program "for the sake of peace and tranquility," adding to pressure on Pyongyang from key ally China to rejoin the talks.
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