Recall issued for 90,000 batteries in Sony laptops

时间：2006-10-19 06:08:11

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About 60,000 of the power packs will be replaced in Japan and the rest in China, Daichi Yamafuji, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Sony, said in a phone interview Tuesday.
 
Oct. 18 - Sony Corp., the world's second-largest consumer-electronics maker1, is recalling 90,000 batteries used in its Vaio computers, the first time in a two-month global recall that it's replacing power packs in its own laptops.

 

About 60,000 of the power packs will be replaced in Japan and the rest in China, Daichi Yamafuji, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Sony, said in a phone interview Tuesday. Kyodo News reported Sony may recall an additional 250,000 units globally, citing an unidentified Sony official.

 

Sony said earlier Tuesday it may revise its $1.1 billion annual profit forecast as it recalls more than 8 million batteries worldwide on concern that some cells overheat and become fire hazards.

 

Sony initially2 said the battery recalls would cost the company between $168 million and $252 million.

 

"We are currently in the process of deciding whether a revision of full-year earnings3 is necessary," Tokyo-based Sony said in an e-mailed statement. The company didn't provide a reason for an earnings revision.

 

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1 maker DALxN     
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
  • He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
2 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
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  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
3 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

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