Sony takes more control of Sony Ericsson, appoints Stringer to chair (BetaNews)It’s difficult to say which company has suffered most from the bad global economic climate — Nokia, Motorola, or Sony Ericsson — but if you ask any of their executives candidly, they’ll probably point to their own firms.

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