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Sony net profit dips on-year but beats estimate
Sony net profit dips on-year but beats estimate
by  AFP

Sony said Tuesday that annual net profit dipped 3.5 percent on-year but beat its forecast as takings in games and music offset losses in the financial and chip sectors. For the current financial year, Sony forecast net profits of 925 billion yen.

Students, activists, entertainers: Minecraft's global appeal
Students, activists, entertainers: Minecraft's global appeal
by  AFP

Since the first version of Minecraft was released to the public 15 years ago, the block-based world-building game has become a global phenomenon. Around 15 years later, he is a medical student and still deeply devoted to the game.

Asian traders bide their time ahead of key US inflation data
Asian traders bide their time ahead of key US inflation data
by  AFP

Asian investors shifted cautiously Tuesday ahead of the release of key US inflation data that could have a huge bearing on the fate of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year. The readings come after forecast-beating figures for the first three months of the year that have seen investors whittle down their expectations for the number of rate cuts -- from six in January to at most two now.

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