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索尼2015年前将一直亏损 Japanese electronics giant Sony forecasts it will remain unprofitable until 2015. 日本电子巨头索尼预计直到2015年都将保持非盈利状态。 ? The company said it expects a net loss of 50bn yen ($489m) this coming financial year. ? It also swung to a loss of 125bn yen for the 12 months to March 2014. ? The results put pressure on chief executive Kazuo Hirai, who pledged two years ago to return its underperforming electronics business to profit. ? The firm has been struggling to turn around its television unit, which has been losing money due to stiff competition from Asian rivals such as Samsung Electronics. ? Three profit warnings were issued in the past year, and Sony executives are set to forfeit their bonuses due to the weak results. ? PC exit ? Sonys fall from grace stems from slumping demand for its flagship products of televisions and computers. ? As part of its restructuring, the firm exited the PC business by selling off its Vaio brand to Japan Industrial Partners earlier this year.? ? The company also announced 5,000 job cuts and has sold off other assets such as its US headquarters and its stake in Japanese satellite broadcaster Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings. ? Sony chief financial officer Kenichiro Yoshida told an earnings briefing that it made sense to bow out of some businesses. ? In previous years the restructuring was mostly within business units and in manufacturing, he said. This time the difference is that we are quitting businesses entirely. ? Mr Hirai has also spun off Sonys TV manufacturing business into a separate unit, focusing its production on large-screen models. ? Sonys TV unit has lost more than 700bn yen over the past decade, according to Bloomberg. 1