Sony sell Tokyo office building for 1.2 Billion dollars.

[drkohler]

regin2005 said:

So what about all of the investments that Sony have been in recently?  Buying Gaikei, investing in some sort of tech that'll be used for the medical field.....aren't those supposed to be helping?  Or will the benefit of Sony's investments take more time to see the fruits of their labor?

There is certainly a lot of legal trickery going on about when to pay/finance for what. You don't want to show too high a profit since that means paying lots of taxes. Just enough profit to lull investors but not the tax man, I'd guess. (I think that medical thing or part of it is already sold again - not sure?)