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Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Sony's fiscal second quarter profit has plunged 72 percent as a surging yen wiped out the perks from solid flat-panel TV and PlayStation 3 game machine sales, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company reported Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)