Sony Corp. said Friday its group operating profit in fiscal 2017 rose to a record-high 734.86 billion yen ($6.7 billion) on strong semiconductor business.But the Japanese technology and entertainment group forecast operating profit will decline 8.8 percent to 670 billion yen in the current fiscal year through next March on a slowdown in the business, including image sensors supplied to Apple Inc. and other smartphone makers, as well as a stronger yen."We are very happy about clearing our target for group operating profit but we want to focus on making profits stably. We have never continuou…READ FULL ARTICLE
