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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (36032)7/25/2000 10:10:32 AM
From: csmith  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
The world's No. 2 electronics maker plans to tap the domestic bond market for as much as 300 billion yen ($2.8 billion) to ramp up production of chips for its PlayStation 2 game console to keep pace with demand and repay debt.

bloomberg.com

Tokyo, July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., one of the 15 worst- performing stocks on Japan's Nikkei 225 index this year, is hoping its debt gets a kinder reception from investors. It might not be a vain hope.

``Sony has a high name value, and a decent credit rating, so anything they issue would tend to make for a good buy,'' said Yousuke Miyake, senior portfolio manager at Nissay Asset Management Co., with assets of around 7 trillion yen.
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