Sony purchases 11% of Olympus

[DirtyP2002]

You might like this, here are some spendings Sony did in the past 12 months:

• 380 Million USD for Gaikai
• 644 million for 11% of Olympus
• 2.2 billion for EMI (Well it was a group of investors, led by Sony. The biggest investor was a company from Abu-Dhabi though)
• 1.35 billion for the missing 50% of Sony Ericsson from Ericsson

Isn't that strange for a company that reported a 4.3 billion USD loss in the past year and hasn't been profitable for almost 5 years now? Especially with their downgraded rating 3 days ago.

The medical business is profitable, but it is also highly competitive. Philips, Siemens, GE or Agfa Healthcare won't just sit there and see how Sony does.