Sony 1st qtr net profit nearly quadruples on semiconductor recovery

Sony 1st qtr net profit nearly quadruples on semiconductor recovery

Kenichiro Yoshida, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group financial results for the April-June period during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2017. Sony's group net profit in the period nearly quadrupled from a year earlier to 80.87 billion yen ($730 million), mainly on the back of a recovery in its semiconductor business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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