Sony's Battery Recall Fiasco |
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Sony's Total Recall Contd...
The worldwide recall of the batteries also impacted the company's financial performance. In October 2006, Sony announced that its net profit for the second quarter (July 06 - September 06) had dropped to 1.7 billion yen (US$ 14 million), when compared to 28.5 billion yen (US$ 234.7 million) for the same period of the previous year.
10] Byron Acohido and Roger Yu, "Sony Plans to
Replace up to 10 Million Laptop Batteries," http://www.usatoday.com,
September 29, 2006. |
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